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A CLINICAL EVALUATION OF ‘MANSYADI YOGA’ AND ‘MANSYADI KWATH SHIRODHARA’ IN THE MANAGEMENT OF RAKTAGATA VATA WSR TO ESSENTIAL HYPETENSION

Dr. Vikash Gajraj*, Dr. Brahmanand Sharma and Dr. Rahul Parashar

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The changing concepts of life and modernity, urbanization and industrial development in the modern world have entirely changed the concepts of medicines and its approach in recent years. The medical profession in faced with the rapid growth of newer disorders whose cause lies in the society and modern way of life itself. The prevention and management of various kinds of psychosomatic and stress disorders have proved a challenged before the present-day medical profession and essential hypertension is one of them. Essential Hypertension is known as the „Silent or Hidden Killer‟. It is a major medical issue, especially because it has no symptoms. Many people have hypertension without knowing it. Hypertension increase the risk of cardiovascular disorders, including coronary heart diseases (CHD), ischemic and haemorrhagic stroke, congestive heart failure (CHF), peripheral arterial diseases and renal failure. Along these lines, hypertension is gaining more and more attention globally. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) & All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) study pronounced that „India as nation of hypertension‟. It is also called a silent or hidden killer because most of sufferers are asymptomatic and in more than 95% cases of hypertension under lying causes is not found. Such patients are said to have Essential Hypertension. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. To study the efficacy of “Mansyadi Yoga” in management of essential hypertension. 2. To study the efficacy of “Mansyadi Yoga” along with “Mansyadi Kwath Shirodhara” in the management of essential hypertension. 3. To study the etiopathogenesis of Raktagata Vata (Essential Hypertension) in Ayurvedic context. Material and Methods: Minimum 40 & above well diagnosed & confirmed case of hypertension were selected randomly from OPD & IPD of University college of Ayurveda, Jodhpur, on the basis of WHO criteria for diagnosis of essential hypertension and symptoms described in Ayurvedic classical text. GROUP-A: 20 well diagnosed & confirmed patients of Raktagata Vata (Essential Hypertension) were administered with Mansyadi Yoga 2 tab twice a day with lukewarm water for 45days. (Each tablet of 500 mg.). GROUP-B: 20 well diagnosed & confirmed patients of Raktagata Vata (Essential Hypertension) were administered with Mansyadi Yoga 2 tab twice for 45 days along with Mansyadi Kwath Shirodhara for 14 days. Results: Statically significant result was observed in both groups. Conclusion: Both drugs, Mansyadi Yoga and Mansyadi Kwath Shirodhara were found effective in reducing the systolic and diastolic blood pressure and also alleviates the symptoms of essential hypertension. No antagonist impact of the study drug was observed during the study.

Keywords: Raktagata Vata, Essential Hypertension