Hypertension in Ayurveda?

[Guest guest]

Hello,

I am a new member of the group. I am pursuing my BAMS

in Mumbai.

I would like to know about the concept and management of

Hypertension in Ayurveda.

 

Thank you,

Samhita.

[Guest guest]

Samhita

 

No samhita of ayurveda mentions hypertension since hypertension is a

state of pulse, which is nothing but a symptom of a disease. Root of

hypertension lies elsewhere. There are at least ten different states of

body under which hypertension can be one symptom. If you remain awake

for say 48 hours without taking even a few minutes relaxation, your

b.P. will shoot up by 30 points at least. Relaxation over next three

days will bring it back to normal. Does it mean you have hypertension

as disease?

 

 

While modern science treats hypertension as a separate disease with an

impressive array of thousands of drugs (ace inhibitors, alpha and beta

blockers, Ca channel blockers, diuretics) with very serious side

effects recently found through research, ayurveda offers very simple

tension relievers and sleep inducers. e. g. see

 

http://health.ayurveda/messages/1414

 

If sciatica nerve is getting pinched between T7 to T9 region or in

cervical region, that too causes pressure to rise. A simple Mahanarayan

Taila massage or dhara brings situation to normal, provided patience of

patient remains for 6-8 weeks.

 

Flushing away toxins lodged in liver and gall-bladder as well as

treating chronic constipation also relieves hypertension, provided root

cause is traced to these occurances. Simple Virechana also becomes

adequate and inexpensive treatment then.

 

Intelegentia in I-T, banking sectors, stock exchanges, working in fast

life of Metros and inhaling polluted air+fast food or junk food, an

ideal inexpensive medicine would be spending ten days in Vipassana

centres scattered all over India. Meditation and relaxation techniques

taught there are so effective that people throw away their anti-

hypertensive pills after the course. And this action, after they rejoin their

fast life, gives rebound B.P. (Beta blockers) or precipitates a mild heart

attack, as found by recent research.

 

Long term anti-diabetic medication or NSAIDS cause damage to liver and kidneys,

giving rise to hypertension as another disease to cause "sell of more drugs".

 

In a few patients with hyperactive minds and atherosclerosis, author

obtained moderate success with Arjunarishtam, arjun ksheer paka,

Shilajit, Guduchi, Googul, Sarpgandha Ghanvati. But one difficult case

of an alcoholic addict, with a little help from a homeopath friend,

required a mixture of following to tame the hypertension:

 

Rawulfa S. (Sarpagandha), Passiflora, Valerian, Baryta Mur, Nat. Mur,

Aswagandha, Avenasat, Ignatia, Kali Brom, Kali Phos.

 

This is only a glimpse of approaches of an ayurvedist in tackling

this "hypertension iceberg", where people see only top 10% tip of

iceberg, while 90% problem lies hidden in other conditions of the human

body.

 

Since Hypertension belongs more to modern science rather than ayurveda

(difference of terminology) any treatise on it will not exceed two pages.

 

Dr Bhate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-- In ayurveda, samhita desai <samhita14>

wrote:

>

> Hello,

> I am a new member of the group. I am pursuing my BAMS

> in Mumbai.

> I would like to know about the concept and management of

> Hypertension in Ayurveda.

>

> Thank you,

> Samhita.

>

[Guest guest]

Dear Dr Bhate,

 

Namaste. It is very obvious that hypertension is rooted in the sort of

lifestyle we lead. Everyone knows this and yet the doctors prescribe medicines

and the patients prefer to take them without changing their way of life. While

this suits the medical industry as a whole, it does incalculable damage to the

patient who regresses to more serious disease states.

 

If ayurveds were allowed to prosper we may have seen a different scenario.

Every ayurved knows that it is his duty to keep the patient healthy. Prevention

is the first choice of a vaidya. He knows he has the right to force his opinion

on the patient or the society if his warnings are not heeded. This is the

difference between a vaidya and the modern doctor. The doctor too issues

warnings but does little else. He is more interested in disease than in health.

Had the immensely powerful and cash rich medical industry with their strangle

hold on the media really wanted to improve the condition of its patients then we

would have been a healthy lot today. But they are more interested in advertising

their drugs, diagnostic tests, surgical procedures and apparent "successful"

cases to bring in more patients.

 

We are spending nearly 2,00,000 crores every year on "health care". The best

brains of our country are engaged in hunting for viruses. What a tremendous

waste of money, energy, resources and manpower !! The mind boggles when we

think about it.

 

Regards,

Jagannath.