Dr

Dr. Purabi Ghosh.

Rakatagata Vata (Hypertension= )

Ayurveda can be described as a real science of = life. It deals with the maintenance of health from both physical and pyschological perspective of mankind. In service to humanity is one of the key elements of Ayurveda. Recent surveys from the world health organization have estimated around 80 percent of the global population rely on traditional medical practices. Ayurvedic review-Ayurveda= is also concerned with one way ofe life, established fr= om time immorial, civilization also yields air pollution, sound pollution, and all other environmental stresses. Nidana-Though the nidana = of rakatagata vata or hypert= ension is found directly, but in modern age several ayurvedic= scholars tried to explain by considering aetiological factors mentioned in = vata vyadhi.

Aharaja, Vhiraja, <= span class=3DSpellE>Manashika and the causes of hypertension:
Clinical features--sirosula (headache), anidra (insomnia), hridsula (angina pain), swasha (shortness of breath), hridkampa (palpitation).
Symptomaltology--in modern medicine the majorit= y of patients have no specific symptoms regarding their elevation of blood press= ure, and will be identified only in the case of physical examination. When sympt= oms amke the patients see the physician:

A. The elevated blood pressure itself.
B. The hypertensive muscular disease.
C. The underlying disease in the case of secondary hypertension.
1. Headache, dizziness, palpitation, fatigue, impotence, epistaxix, haematuria, blood vision d= ueto retinal change, insomnia, angina, dyspnoea due to cardiac failure, lack of concentration and irritability.

Curative treatment of Ayurveda--shodhana, shamana, ahara, and= vihara
Internal purification (Antharparimarjana), Exte= rnal purification (Bhiparimarjana) I
Internal purification is vasti, virechana, vamana
External purifcation is sn= ehana, swedana, abhanguya,= mardana.

List of matierials used in treating hypertensio= n:
Single herbs--arjuna, sarp= agandha, bhringaraj, jatamansi, shankhapuspi, purnarnava,= lasun, rudraksha guduchi, shatavari.
Churna powder--sarpagandha= churna, swirasta churna
Vati pill -- sarpagandha, prabhakar, chandraparbha<= br> Asaba and Arista--<= span class=3DSpellE>Arjunarishta, punarnava <= span class=3DSpellE>asava
Rasaudhi--Prabal pisti

Conclusion
Raktagata vata or hypertension after all this discussion we can conlude<= /span> as future Ayurvedic practi= oners, all of us have a major tasl to introduce it int= o our National Health Service in the UK. The government is spending billions of pounds form ajor diseases especially for the el= derly. Longevity of life is increasing in all western countries. As a practioner, our aim should be to help the human race globally to introduce more ayurveda practice be= cause the new medicines are creating new disease every day. The God has created t= his earth to use all the natural resources for our benefit. The Human race belongs to panchamahabuta. Our bodyand nature are attached intimately. We cannot survive without nature. Thus, as a practioner we must t= o try to introduce Ayruvedic medicine using leaflets, brochures regarding diet, lifestyle, and herbal remedies.=