Role of Manasik Bhava in etiopathogenesis of Essential Hypertension

Priyanka Kaushik

Priyanka Kaushik Assistant Professor, Department of Rog Nidan evum Vikriti Vigyan, Bharti Ayurveda Medical College and Hospital, Durg, Chhattisgarh, India.

Keywords: Nidan, Uccharaktachapa, Manasa Bhavas, Essential Hypertension (EHT)

Abstract

As man has entered in 21^st century with modernization in each and every walk of life, he has also paid for it by living in several stressful psychological conditions. The response to the psychological conditions varies person to person because each has different psychic and bodily constitution. However, these stressors play certain role in the development, progression, prognosis as well as management of the disease. This stressful life-style affects one’s mind and homeostasis of body by several psychosomatic mechanisms and causes many psychosomatic disorders. The ‘Uccharaktachapa’ (Essential hypertension) is one of such diseases. Hypertension is most prevalent cause for cerebrovascular and cardiovascular disorders, causing high rate of mortality and morbidity. So, hypertension is gaining more and more attention globally. Due to its high prevalence in our country, India is known as Nation of Hypertension. Hypertension is also known as silent killer of mankind because most sufferers (85%) are asymptomatic and as per available reports, in more than 95% cases of hypertension under lying cause is not found. Such patients are said to have Essential Hypertension (EHT).

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