The heart beats about 2.5 billion times over the average lifetime, pushing millions of gallons of blood to every body part. This steady flow carries oxygen, fuel, hormone s, other compounds, and essential cells. It also whisks away the waste products of metabolism. When the heart stops, essential functions fail, some almost instantly. Heart disease describes a range of conditions that affect your heart. Diseases under the heart disease umbrella include coronary artery disease, arrhythmias, congenital heart defects, etc.
How Ayurveda Sees the Heart –
The heart includes the 3 doshas in Ayurveda: Vata, Pitta, and Kapha.
- Vata administers the heart’s beating and starts the electric impulse to get the heart through the sinoatrial node and the blood circulation.
- Pitta is answerable for blood purification and is liable for the digestion of emotions in the heart.
- Kapha is answerable for the heart’s structure, blood, and strength.
In Ayurveda, prana is the imperative life force energy that enters the body through our healthy choices of food varieties. The energy of Pitta processes our food and sensory experiences, vitality, inner sap, passion, and immunity or OJAS. These ojas live in the heart, and the Heart circles ojas to the rest of the body to support the entire body and brain. Safeguarding the physical and emotional health of the heart is essential.
Ayurveda’s Take On Heart Health
Improper diet and life style aggravates the Tridoshas with the formation of Aam. Heart vessels become narrow due to Kapha and Aam which settles in the vessels and form cholesterol. Vata vitiation reduces the elasticity of the vessel. Aam get stored inside and around the coronary arteries and heart in the form of plaques. There is pressure on the heart to pump blood through these narrow vessels. This development in the heart and the vessels cause diminished blood flow. It will lead to Heart Disease.
Congenital heart defects can be present due to improper diet and lifestyle of pregnant woman. Mother’s doshas get aggravated. It affects growth of foetus. If heart development doesn’t occur properly in foetus. He/ she will develop congenital heart disease.
Signs and Symptoms of Heart Diseases
- Pain, numbness, and/or tingling in the shoulders, arms, neck, jaw, or back
- Shortness of breath when active, at rest, or while lying flat
- Chest pain during physical activity that gets better when you rest
- Lightheadedness
- Dizziness
- Confusion
- Headaches
- Cold sweats
- Nausea/vomiting
- Tiredness or fatigue
- Swelling in the ankles, feet, legs, stomach, and/or neck
- Reduced ability to exercise or be physically active
- Problems doing your normal activities
What Stresses the Heart –
Overuse of the sensory organs prompts a reduction in ojas. Side effects of low ojas include: anxiety, fatigue,weakness, depression, and low energy. Other causes of stress includes:
- High cholesterol and triglycerides
- High blood pressure
- Smoking
- Metabolic syndrome
- Diabetes
- Obesity and overweight
- Lack of exercise
- Stress, depression, and anger
- Unhealthy diet
- Excessive alcohol
- Sleep apnea
What Strengthens and Protects the Heart?
Ayurvedic treatments safeguard the heart and maintain ojas. At Ayushakti Ayurved, we eliminate the root causes of the disease by following 3R’s formula of effective treatment.
What is 3R formula, and how does it works?
FIRST STEP – REMOVE
Melts and remove the thick layer of fatty deposits or plaque from the blood vessels. Thus opening up the narrowed blood vessels and helping smooth blood flow to the body. You feel more energy, reduced weakness, and reduction in swelling of feet and ankles.
SECOND STEP – RESTORE
Repairs the arterial walls and relieves stiffness of heart muscles. This restores normal artery functions, blood pressure, and cholesterol levels. Prevents fluid accumulation and blood clots in the lungs, thus preventing infections. Improved metabolism helps maintain body weight and controls blood sugar levels.
THIRD STEP – RENEW
Renewing and strengthening the blood vessels or arteries and heart muscles. Clean arteries ensure normal blood flow, thus regulating heartbeats and relieving chest pain and shortness of breath. The renewed heart functions prevent further damage and block, thus saving you from the risk of heart attack or heart failure. Protects your liver and kidney from damage. Promotes immune functions, thus preventing infections to the lungs and heart.
Ayushakti Approach For Heart Health
Dr Smita Naram and her team have spent decades researching, with the goal of developing new treatments and eventually finding a better cure. We have special therapies and Marma points which help to remove blockages and improve health.
Ayushakti’s medicines are herbal based, extract formulas which are developed and tested by our expert researchers. Our doctors will prescribe medicines according to your personal situation.
Our doctors will create an individual treatment plan for you. You’ll learn how to control the symptoms and manage triggers factors. You will also learn how to improve your condition with lifestyle and dietary changes.
Detoxification Therapy (Panchkarma)
Detox is the Ayurvedic cleansing process for body, mind and emotions that helps you to create holistic health and well-being in your life. Digestive impurities such as mucus and metabolic toxins pile up in the veins, intestine, liver and joints. They circulate throughout the entire body and block the system. Continuous build-up of these impurities can cause physical and mental disorders and disease. A Detox helps to clean out toxins. Marma points help to remove blockages and improve circulation.
It may include Ghrutpan, Virechan, Basti, Shirodhara, Shirobasti and Heartdhara. (As per condition)
Ayushakti’s detoxification Panchkarma treatments are highly focused on relieving the root cause of any chronic problem by cleansing, repairing and rejuvenating the deeper tissues and cells in your body. Click here to check out our Panchkarma Detoxification Plan
Dietary Advice For Taking Care Of Your Heart
Diet should be low calcium, and Ama- and Pitta-reducing. Coffee can create temporary spike in blood pressure. Canned foods and pizza contain high sodium which increases Ama.
Eat more:
- Foods like mung, lentils, zucchini and squashes, leafy vegetables, pumpkin, millet, red rice, rye, spelt, yellow dal and tofu; plenty of vegetables and protein is good.
- Watermelon, banana, dark chocolate (specially pure cocoa powder), sunflower seeds (unsalted), whole grain instead of refined food, spinach, sweet potatoes, beans like chickpeas, kidney beans, and blueberries are best in regulating blood pressure.
Avoid:
- Deep fried, spicy, fatty, salty, sour, pungent food.
- Avoid wheat, red meat, pickles and excess intake of yogurt, tomato, fermented food and alcohol.
- Also avoid processed deli meats, as they are sodium bombs (mostly they are preserved using high sodium).
Lifestyle Changes to Improve Heart Function
To Do’s
- Take proper rest, and avoid frequent late nights
- Yoga, meditation, walking and light exercise are calming and beneficial
- Practice Pranayama and Anulom Vilom
- Learn to diminish the effects of tension, anxiety, and anger, perhaps through meditation.
Don’ts
- Avoid over-exertion
- Avoid exposure to extreme heat or cold
- Avoid suppression of natural urges like sneezing, coughing, burping etc
Ayushakti Effective and Natural Heartox Treatment
How the “Heartox” program can transform your health?
Ayushakti doctors analyze your cause of Heart disease and other multiple health problems, if any, through video or face-to-face consultation & create customized “Heartox ” programs using a blend of 6 proprietary tools like diet, lifestyle, home remedies, herbal formulas, & detox plans.
WHAT BENEFIT DO YOU GET WITH AYUSHAKTI’S “HEARTOX” SOLUTION?
- Prevents risk of blocks, heart attacks and heart failure
- Able to do your routines and exercises with improved breathing capacity and normal heart beat
- Controls diabetes, high blood pressure, cholesterol, Thyroid functions
- Improved liver and kidney functions
- Able to manage body weight
- Improved quality of life long term
Ayushakti has treated 690 persons suffering from IHD and achieved many magnificent results, here’s sharing stories-
4 heart blocks Dr. suggested surgery, but Ayushakti treatments helped avert surgery.
“I am 63 years old. I was enjoying my lifestyle with good food and I used to smoke a lot every day. My family doctor suggested me to go for a heart check up and the report showed that I had 4 blocks – 2 of 80% and 2 of 90%. Doctors suggested surgery to remove blocks. But I opted Ayurveda and immediately I started Ayushakti’s natural treatments with a specific diet, herbs and therapies. Now it has been one year, my tiredness was gone, diabetes controlled and I feel great health. My quality of life is improved that I don’t need surgery”.
~ SUBHASH ANAND, USA
Reversed heart blocks with Ayushakti’s natural treatments.
“During my trekking trip of 8000 feet height, I felt uneasiness, breathing difficulty and weakness. Immediately consulted the base doctor there and he said I cannot go height that my heart is so weak. I returned to Mumbai and done angiography as doctor suggested and the result showed 5 blocks. Then with Ayushakti’d natural treatments, within one month, the 2D echo report showed an improvement of 65% in the heart functions. Now am able to walk without breathing difficulty and lots of energy. Then within 2 years my heart health become even more better. The dark patches on my face due to low blood circulation is disappeared.My diabetes also controlled and able to control my body weight with this treatment”.
~ VARSHA THAKKAR
From 3 massive heart attack to healthy heart .
“My condition was so bad that I had 3 massive heart attack. I had no energy, can’t even walk few steps due to breathing difficulty. I had muscle pain and joint pain. Then with Ayushakti’s natural treatments for 6 months brought a sudden dramatic transformation in my health. I could Breathe much better, joint pain and muscle pains have gone. Doctor cut down my prescription dosages except diabetes medications. In one year, I lost 30 pounds and restored my energy levels remarkably. My life quality is phenomenally improved with supreme heart health”.
~ MRS. S, USA.
Takeaway
When you choose healthy dietary choices and lifestyle, you can lower your heart disease risk while also preventing other serious chronic conditions such as type 2 diabetes and some kinds of cancer.
Ayurveda offers extraordinary remedial measures that recuperate mild and ongoing illnesses. Indeed, even infections accepted to be hopeless by modern science have been healed. Stories flourish of individuals being carried into Ayushakti Panchkarma Centers and walking out on their own two feet half a month later, healthy and rejuvenated.
Ayushakti’s mission is to help people in every possible way. You can consult our experts by phone or video. We will suggest diet & home remedies for maintaining your well-being in these difficult times. Book your consultation here – BOOK NOW
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Author of the Blog: Dr.Ronak Naik
Expert Review By: Dr Smita Pankaj Naram
Co-Founder, Ayushakti Ayurved Pvt Ltd.