Open AccessETIOLOGY OF HYPERTENSION WITH ITS MANAGEMENT: AN AYURVEDIC APPROACH AND MODERN APPROACH
Author(s) -
Amrinder Kaur,
Monika Amrinder
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
plant archives/plant archives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2581-6063
pISSN - 0972-5210
DOI - 10.51470/plantarchives.2021.v21.s1.432
Subject(s) - ayurvedic medicine , etiology , medicine , disease , medical science , modernization theory , intensive care medicine , alternative medicine , perspective (graphical) , traditional medicine , psychiatry , computer science , pathology , medical education , economics , economic growth , artificial intelligence
Ayurvedic science believes that prevention is better than cure. Various theories are proposed in Ayurveda as well as modern science regarding diseases, their symptoms and management. Modernization came up with various technologies which provides rest to human body. This luxury caused a lot of problems to the human body. Hypertension is one of the major problems. According to Ayurvedic perspective, Hypertension is a symptom which is caused due to the prasaravastha followed by sthanasamshraya of vitiated tridosha (morbid factor) wherever modern science revealed Hypertension as "silent killer" which can be caused by various factors like stress, hereditary and sometimes it's cause is unknown. Elevation in blood pressure is also named as uchharaktachaap (tachycardia) in Ayurvedic Science. The path of Hypertension is pointed out by RAAS system, samprapti (manifestation) and samprapti ghatakas (components of manifestation procurement factor disease). To prevent this disturbance, some lifestyle changes are required in daily routine life. Different types of Ayurvedic and modern therapies are provided to cure the particular problem.