World Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

MENTAL STRESS IN HYPERTENSION: AN AYURVED APPROACH

*Dr. Varsha Sadashiv Khot and Dr. Jayashree Tongaonkar

ABSTRACT

Hypertension is important health problem in today’s era. Due to increasing stress in day to day life, people are more prone to psychosomatic diseases, essential hypertension is one of them.There is a close connection between our body and our mind. According to ayurved hypertension is nothing but a ‘Vata pradhan tridoshaja vyadhi’, be greatly influenced by morbid state of Mana. It may therefore be considered as sharir and manas roga (ubhayashrita vyadhi). Stress can be correlate with chinta mentioned in ayurved. Stress affects various entities in the body lke tridoshas, dhatu, updhatu, mala, oja, srotas, prakruti, saratva and mana. By understanding hetu, lakshan, samprapti of chinta, chikitsa of stress related hypertension can be possible. Ashwasan chikitsa, shaman aoushadhi, rasayan, shirodhara, yog, sadvrutta palan are contributions of ayurved can apply in this regards, which is effective in prevention and management of stress related hypertension.

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