Abstract

A CRITICLE STUDY ON HYPERTENSION: REVIEW FROM BRIHATRAYI

Vd. Snehal Sambhaji Patil*, Dr. S. G. Kulkarni, Dr. S. S. Waghmare

Abstract

Different theories have been proposed to explain hypertension from an Ayurvedic perspective, but there is no consensus amongst the experts. A detailed review of available Ayurvedic literature was carried out to understand the physiology of blood pressure and etio-pathogenesis of hypertension from the perspective of Ayurveda. Hypertension without specific symptoms in its mild and moderate stages cannot be considered as a disease in Ayurveda. It appears to be an early stage of pathogenesis and a risk factor for development of diseases affecting the heart, brain, kidneys and eyes etc. Improper food habits and modern sedentary lifestyle with or without genetic predisposition provokes and vitiates all the Tridoshas to trigger the pathogenesis of hypertension. Hypertension is a grave condition of raised blood pressure due to the stress related lifestyle, in which the blood vessels have persistently raised pressure which makes the pumping of heart deligent. Due to this increased pressure on heart, the pressure exerted on vessels supplying different body tissues and organs gets increased and can damage respective organs. It is an early stage of pathogenesis and a risk factor for the development of diseases affecting organs like heart, brain, kidney etc. Many people with hypertension stay undiagnosed for long period or until got diagnosed incedentally.

Keywords: Hypertension, Ayurveda, Tridosha, Blood pressure, Heart.