Hypertension
   

 

Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is the most common disease affecting the heart and blood vessels. Hyper means increased and tension means pressure. Hypertension means higher pressure of blood.

What is blood pressure?

Our heart beats 72 times in a minute. With each beating of heart about half a cup of blood is pumped into arteries.

 

The circulatory system plays a vital role in the nourishment of tissues. Elements necessary for nourishment of tissues are carried to them by blood. After circulating in the whole body, blood returns to get purified to the heart through the veins.

To complete above process needs pressure so, the pressure works in the process of blood circulation on so long a journey through all the arteries and veins is called as Blood Pressure. Variation in the blood pressure influences the homoeostasis.

 

During heart contraction blood pressure increases, known as ‘Systolic Blood Pressure’. During heart relaxation blood pressure reduces known, as ‘Diastolic Blood Pressure’.

Normal B.P. (in adult) 120/ 80 mm of mercury pressure.

But when B.P. increases to 140/90 and above and remains at that level, then this increased Wood pressure is known as “Hypertension”

 

As a person grows older, generally blood pressure goes on increasing. As the contraction of arteries increases, the arteries lose elasticity.

 

Normally the reduction of arteriolar lumen increases the total peripheral resistance resulting in the hypertension.

 

Hypertension causes a variety of problems and heart is affected badly. Heart has to work powerfully to pump the blood in the arteries. With time, however, changes in the organization and properties of myocardial cells occur. Due to unexpected pressure, fluids do not come out of the kidneys in required proportion, it decreases working capacity of kidneys. Toxic fluid in the form of urea gets collected in the blood. The chemical reaction that takes place thus raises possibilities of many a different types of defects in the body.

To combat this situation, kidneys secrete rennin, which further raises the blood pressure and aggravates the problem. The reduced blood supply to the kidney may lead to death of several kidney cells.

The presence of hypertension also enhances the development of atherosclerosis and heart attacks.  high B.P. damages the internal walls of the arteries. With increase in the level of cholesterol, triglycerides, phospholipids density of blood increases. It goes on sticking to the walls of the arteries. In such a condition severe strain is imposed on the cerebral arteries that supply the brain. This makes them weakened, which ultimately ruptures, causing brain haemorrhage.

 

Can person having B.P. practice asanas?

Yes, it is recommended to  practise Asanas except Shirsasan. All the Asanas can be practised without any fear.

 

 

Initiate with the special Asanas and Pranayama that can offer help readily are:

Vajra Asana 

Shava Asana 

Pranayama carried out with ease.

When there is downturn in the blood pressure then you can without fear and without worry perform beginning with

Pavanamukta Asana 

Shashanka Asana 

Utthan Pada Asana 

Sarvanga Asana (shoulder stand)
Shirsha Asana ( the headstand)

Surya Namaskara

Nadi shodhan pranayama 

Ujjayai pranayama

Jal neti

 

 

Beside the above mentioned asana and pranayama practice of yoga nidra, concentration and meditation gives the best result.

 

Kindly see Heart Disease

 

 

 

   Research

Retardation of coronary atherosclerosis with yoga lifestyle intervention.

 

Lipid profile of coronary risk subjects following yogic lifestyle intervention.

 

Modulation of cardiovascular response to exercise by yoga training.

 

The effects of unilateral forced nostril breathing on the heart.

 

 


 

 

 

  

 

 

A few Alternative Therapies

 

Acupuncture

Acupressure

Aromatherapy

Atlas Orthogonal

Ayurvedic Medicine

Biofeedback

Chelation Therapy

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)/ Chinese  Medicine

Midwifery/ Childbirth Support

Therapeutic Massage

Naturopathic Medicine / Naturopathy

Chiropractic
 Colonics

 

 Psychotherapy/Counseling
 Craniosacral Therapy
Movement Therapies/ Dance
Holistic Dentistry

Ear Candling
 Feng Shui

Flower Essences (Bach Flower Remedy)

Herbalism

Hypnotherapy

Homeopathy

Iridology

Kinesiology

Lymph Drainage Therapy

Ohashiatsu

Osteopathic Medicine

Reconstructive Therapy/ Prolotherapy

Reflexology/ zone therapy

Rolfing-

Shiatsu-

Tibetan Medicine
Unani  

Vitamin Therapy

Exercise balls-  It is used in physical therapy and exercise.

Medicine exercise balls

Pilates Exercise Ball

Yoga Exercise Ball

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 List of branches of alternative and Complementary Medicine

 

  • Acupuncture

    • Auriculotherapy

    • Korean hand acupuncture

    • Medical acupuncture

    • Meridian therapy

    • Sonopuncture

  • Acupressure

  • Alexander Technique

  • Osteopathy

  • Unani medicine

  • Traditional Chinese medicine

  • Affirmations

  • Affirmation Visualizations

  • Applied kinesiology

  • Apitherapy

  • Aromatherapy

  • Astrology

  • Auriculotherapy

  • Autogenic Training Facial diagnosis

  • Faith healing

  • Fasting

  • Feldenkrais method

  • Feng shui (creating a soothing, tranquil renewing environment)

  • Chinese food therapy

  • Functional medicine

  • Gua Sha

  • Hair analysis (alternative medicine)

  • Hand analysis

  • Hawaiian massage

  • Healing touch

  • Health psychology

  • Herbal crystallization analysis

  • Herbology

  • Herbal therapy

  • Holistic living

  • Holistic medicine

  • Homeopathy

    • Bach flower remedies

    • Flower essence therapy

    • Isopathy

  • Homeo wave therapy

  • Hypnosis

  • Hypnotherapy

  • Natural Health

    • Natural therapies

      • Diet and Food

      • Dietary supplements

      • Exercise

      • Organic Foods

    • Home remedies

  • Natural hygiene

  • Naturopathic medicine

    • Nutrition

    • Botanical medicine

    • Hydrotherapy

    • Minor surgery

    • Manipulative therapy

    • Pharmacology

  • Neuro-Linguistic Programming

  • Nutritional healing

  • Nutritional supplements

  • Omega-3 fatty acid

  • Organic Diet

  • Orgonomy

  • Orthomolecular medicine

  • Pilates

  • Plum blossom (Chinese medicine)

  • Polarity Therapy

  • Prayer

  • Psychosocial interventions

  • Psychic surgery

  • Bates Method

  • Biologically Based Therapies

    • Bates Method

    • Chinese food therapy

    • Macrobiotic lifestyle

    • Orthomolecular medicine

  • Body-Based Manipulative Therapies

    • Body work or Massage therapy

    • Bowen Technique

    • Chiropractic medicine

    • Craniosacral Therapy

    • Medical acupuncture

    • Osteopathy

    • Rolfing

  • Body work or Massage therapy

  • Breathing Techniques

  • Integrative medicine

  • Iridology

  • Journaling

  • Light Therapy

  • Magnetic healing

  • Medical acupuncture

  • Medical intuition

  • Medical Qigong

  • Meditation

    • Concentration meditation

    • Mindfulness meditation

    • Transcendental (Guided) Meditation

    • Vipassana Meditation

    • Zen Meditation

    • Taoist Meditation

    • Buddhism Meditation

    • Sufi Meditation

  • Sclerology

  • Seitai

  • Soil bath therapy (Mrittika snan)

  • Somapractic

  • Support groups

  • Suseunghwagang (meditation breathing)

  • T'ai Chi Ch'uan

  • Tantra massage

  • Thalassotherapy

  • Therapeutic horseback riding

  • Theta Healing

  • Mega-vitamin therapy

  • Meridian therapy

  • Moxibustion

  • Music therapy

  • Five Elements

  • Seven star

  • Trigger point

  • Tui na

  • Zang Fu theory

  • Meridian therapy

  • Shiatsu

  • Traditional Mongolian medicine

  • Trigger point

  • Tui Na

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 
 

 

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