Ayurvedic approach of hypertension and prevention through Ayurveda
Abstract
Modernization in medical field has changed the understanding of illness. Many a diseases has been vanished and newer emerged with the time. Hypertension is one among them, a newer condition which has been creating burden on health expenditure of mankind and being the risk factor for many diseases. Hypertension is not curable condition, so the prevention is major factor to avoid the condition. Hypertension is not directly mentioned in ayurvedic literature but knowledge prevailing to the condition is scattered under different headings in Ayurveda classics. This article is an attempt to conceptualize and to search preventive measures in Ayurveda.
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