The heart is a vital organ of the body that needs dedicated care.
Keeping a healthy heart is essential for general well-being and is a key to
good health. Ayurveda believes that the heart not only performs the fundamental
function of pumping blood to various parts of the body but is also considered
to be the seat of the mind and soul.
The heart keeps the body alive by circulating blood to all parts and
also controls and monitors various emotions. The ayurvedic term for a heart
disease is ‘Hrudroga’. According to ayurveda, the primary causes of all hrudroga
are stress, tension, smoking, alcoholism and consumption of unhealthy and fatty
food. There are a number of herbal drugs and therapies that have been
formulated to fight heart attack and its after-effects. Some such herbs are
amlaki, haritaki, guduchi and so on.
In ayurveda, panchkarma is a treatment used to detoxify the body, build
up the immune system and restore balance and well-being of the body. This is a
five-fold therapy that aims to cleanse the body of all toxic materials so that
it can use energy efficiently. For a specific type of
disease and the corresponding toxins in the body, a particular type of
Panchkarma measure is selected. Here are the five parts of the Panchkarma
therapy:
Vamana (Therapeutic Vomiting)
This refers to induced vomiting in order to get rid of excess kapha in
the body. This is especially useful in treating the heart as any heart disease
builds up kapha in the body.
Virechana (Therapeutic Purgation)
In this purification process, a number of herbs are used as laxative to
cleanse the body of all pitta doshas in the body. This process is especially
useful in curing hypertension which is a major cause of heart attack.
Asthapana
(Therapeutic Enema with Herbal Water)
This process of purification is conducted to placate excess vata in the
body. It mainly helps in curing disease affecting the lower portion of the
body. It also helps in allaying heart pain.
Nasya (Medication through Nose)
This process involves boiling water with medicinal herbs and then
inhaling the vapour. It usually alleviates problems related to kapha.
Blood Letting (Rakta
Moksha)
This process helps in removing toxins in the bloodstream that have been
absorbed through the gastrointestinal tract. It relieves several pitta
disorders.
Apart from undertaking various ayurveda medication and therapies, one
also needs to bring about a conscious change in diet and lifestyle in order to
maintain a healthy heart.
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