Abstract

AN ETIOPATHOLOGICAL STUDY OF HYPERTENSION IN CONTEXT TO AVARANA

Surya Prakash, Puneet Kumar Garg*, Laxmi Saini and Khushboo Agarwal

Abstract

High BP or hypertension is reported as the third ranked factor for disability adjusted life years. Hypertension is one of the principal risk factors for heart diseases and stroke, the leading cause of death worldwide. There is no direct reference to Essential Hypertension in Ayurvedic classical texts. Relevant references regarding Essential Hypertension as indicated in those texts hence have been classified by eminent Acharyas. In Ayurveda various luminous have given their opinion to coin a name of disease and to understand it in better way. On objecting the symptomatology and etiopathogenesis of the disease to Ayurvedic fundamentals, it is evident that Avaranajanya Vata Dosha, is responsible for the disease. Present study is a humble attempt to study the disease from Ayurvedic point of view with special reference to Avarana.

Keywords: Avarana; hypertension; rasa; rakta