Abstract

A LITERARY REVIEW ON PREVENTIVE MEASURES OF ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION

Dr. Harshapal A. Wathore* and Dr. Mukund D. Bamnikar

Abstract

Non communicable diseases are having increasing importance among the adult population in both developed and developing countries. India is experiencing a rapid rising burden of NCD’S causing significant morbidity and mortality. Sedentary lifestyle, unhealthy diet, mental stress, tobacco and alcohol use, physical inactivity are major risk factors causing obesity, raised blood pressure, raised blood glucose and cholesterol. Hypertension is chronic condition of concern due to it’s role in causation of coronary heart disease, stroke and other vascular complications. Hypertension is commonest cardiovascular disorder which accounts 20 -50% of all deaths. Now a days due to changed lifestyle prevalence of hypertension is increasing day by day. As said “Prevention is better than cure”, it is important to eradicate hypertension by preventive measures. In Ayurved samhitas there is no description of hypertension to exactly correlate with modern aspect of hypertension. But Aacharya Charak in Trishothiya Adhyaya has explained that if disease is unknown physician should understand the nature of disease by dosha, dushya and samprapti and have to treat the disease. In this article an effort has been made to understand the essential hypertension and its prevention through diet, Yoga and Ayurveda to reduce the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases.

Keywords: Essential hypertension, Lifestyle disorder, Preventive measures, Ayurveda.