Every human being on this earth has TENSION, but when it gets HYPER, it poses many health issues so we have called it as ‘HYPERTENSION or HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE’.
People usually succumb to hypertension due to various causes like stress, being obese or overweight, high intake of salt, too much alcohol consumption (more than 2 pegs per day), stress, family history of high blood pressure, chronic kidney disease, thyroid disorders etc.
Shouting at your mother, father, brother, husband, kids, severe headache at the back of your head, sweating. Sounds familiar to any one of you?
Then yes, you are suffering from hypertension. Other general symptoms involved are: Breathlessness, bleeding from nose, vomiting, blurred vision, fatigue, sleepiness, tinnitus (ringing sound in the ears).
Tests which are done for the confirmation of hypertension:
- Measuring Blood Pressure with a Sphygmomanometer
- Electrocardiogram
- Echocardiogram
- Plain Chest X-ray
- Doppler Ultrasound
How to deal with it?
The speciality of Ayurveda lies in the concept of disease and concept of complete cure. So it focusing the root cause of the disease. As described above, Toxin (Ama) and aggravation of Dosha are the main causes of the disease. So, an effort can be made by removing the toxin, from the body, (by adopting various purificatory procedures), stimulate the digestive fire to stop further production of Ama and balancing the Dosha.
One can learn to manage hypertension in 3 ways:
- Internal medicines.
- Panchakarma treatment which includes -
- Virechan
- Shiro Pichu
- Shiro Dhara
- Nasya
Are an effective and powerful self-healing process, which helps the body to eliminate the toxins and to stop further production of toxins, strengthen our immune system and become more resistant to illness, enhance our self-reliance, strength, energy, vitality and mental clarity and bring about deep relaxation and sense of well-being.
3. Food and behavioural regimen, yoga, meditation, pranayama.