AYURVEDA
Ayurveda is recognized as a science of a life. It has tremendous potential to become the Global Preventive Health Care System. Although India has got the origin of this medicinal systems, why Indians are facing the problem of lifestyle related disorder? It is really a million dollar question in front of many national & international researchers. Besides the genetic predisposition, urbanization, affluence & changes in the dietary pattern are also Contributing and associated in increased prevalence of these disease.
Ayurveda approach is the holistic approach & only the affected organ is not targeted. Many factor are taken into consideration in Ayurvedic therapeutics. So in the case of Heart disease & in preventive cardiology, the normal functioning of the other of other body organs & systems are equally important.
The constitution based lifestyle & seasonal modification in the living is the key concept of primary prevention. The ayurvedic medications & other therapeutic procedure (PanchKarma) comes under secondary preventive measures.
We use plant based medications Which are having following properties as -
- Hridya- Cardiotonic
- Deepan Carminatives
- Pachan – Metabolic regulator
- Anuloman
- Virechan – Laxative
- Balya – tonifying
- Rejuvenative
- Rasayana- Inmunomodulator, Antioxidants, Adaptogenic, Healing Supporting drugs
- Mutral & Shottaghna- Diureticis & Decongestive drugs.
We use following panchakarma (therapeutic procedure)
- Snehana – called as oleation by medicinal oil It is two types
- Bahya Snehana– Application of medicinal oil all over body externally by scientific method. It helps increase in microcirculation, reduces peripheral resistance & increases muscular tone of Heart.
- Abhyantar Snehana– administration of grita (medicinal ghee), brings the lipid soluble toxins into the Koshta.
- Swedana– Medicinal steam given to all over body. It reduces the pain & inflammation thereby reducing vata. It increases the blood circulation. It increases vascular elasticity & acts as muscle relaxant. It improves the relaxation of contraction of arteries. The Doshas are brought in to the circulation & finally eliminated through maha srotas.
- Virechan Karma– It is purgation induced by drug which mainly eliminates pitta dosha through anal route. It removes the accumulated toxins in liver & gall bladder thereby cleansing the whole GIT.
- Basti Karma– It is a medicated enema which cleanses accumulated toxins. It regulates mainly the vata dosha & controls other two humors also. It maintains proper functioning of vata & maintains the co-ordination between the biological humors & other components of the body like Dhatu & mala.
- Nasya – It includes installation of herbal medication through nose. thus it may act as strength promoter for accessory muscles of heart & thus improves the pumping action of Heart.
- Raktamokshan– Blood letting from Jugular Vein is done to relieve the cardiac pressure. Blood is also removed from medial cubital vein to reduce the congestion in the heart.
- Hrid Basti– Allowing the medicated oil to stagnate on the chest around the heart very effective in coronary artery blocks, congestive cardiac failure.
- Shirodhana– It is a procedure of slowly & steadily dripping medicated oil or other liquid on the forehead It help to alleviate anxiety mental stress.
- Udvartan– It is a procedure in which specially prepared herbal paste or herbal powder is massaged over body. It plays a major role in fat dissolution & also increase microcirculation.
- Pinda sweda– It is special type of sudation or mild fomentation over body parts or whole body. It is indicated in angina pectoris. It reduces the coronary spasm & strengthen the myocardium.