Abstract

REVIEW OF HYPERTENSION ACCORDING TO AYURVED SCIENCE

Vd. Smita Kadu, Vd. Dhavale Vinod Popat* and Vd. Sahadas A. Aradhye

Abstract

Hypertension is the most important noncommunicable disease risk factor in India with an estimated burden of 200 million persons. As of 2014, approximately one billion adults or ~22% of the population of the world have hypertension. It is slightly more frequent in men, in those of low socioeconomic status, and it becomes more common with age. It is common in high, medium, and low income countries. Rates also vary markedly within regions with rates as low as 3.4% (men) and 6.8% (women) in rural India and hypertension was more in men (24.5%) than women (20.0%). Hypertension is more common in developed states of the India. Measuring BP and treating a patient just for his High BP is not a classical way of treatment as per Ayurveda. The possible sampraptis that might occur in the body in a hypertensive state is explained clearly in the classics and these in any way cannot be directly correlated to HTN, but can be used to understand such new conditions. As we understand or frame a pathogenesis / samprapti (सम्प्राप्ति) in Ayurveda for HTN, because HTN / High BP only is a presentation in different other sampraptis. This effort of interpretation of HTN in Ayurveda is made to simplify the concept and only is a pointer as to how a new condition could be interpreted based on Ayurvedic principles. In this article we are mainly focusing on Review of Hypertension according to Ayurved Science (Ayurved samprapti).

Keywords: Hypertension, Vyan Vayu, Aama, Shonita Dusti.