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Effective Management of Rakta Gata Vata W.S.R. To Hypertension in Ayurveda
Author Names : *Dr. Suresh kumar Jat,**Dr. Shikha Sharma
volume 3 issue 1
Abstract
Hypertension the silent killer of 21st century is one of the major risk factors for the development of cardio vascular diseases and is also a contributing factor for the development of coronary heart disease. Hypertension is not mentioned directly in any ayurvedic texts as a disease entity or a symptom. Regarding aforesaid disease various ayurvedic scholars have suggested different nomenclatures from time to time according to their own views such as: dhamaniprapurnata, dhamanipratichaya, raktagata vata, vriddhavyanabala, avrita vyanaudana vayu, siragata vata e.t.c. But now, on the basis of comparison and correlation ayurveda sees hypertension as a dysfunction of all the three doshas, viz. vata, pitta and kapha and especially it sees the vitiation of vyana vayu and pitta doshas as the main cause. Therefore, ayurvedic treatment of hypertension mainly involves balancing of these two doshas, along with herbal treatment. The present study has been taken up to assess the raktadushti in hypertension w.s.r. to its panchabhautika composition and therapeutic evaluation of Raktashodhaka ghanavati.
Key words – Hypertension, Blood pressure, Raktadaab, SBP, DBP.
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