Clinical Evaluation of an Integrative Ayurvedic and Conventional Approach in the Management of Essential Hypertension

Abstract

Essential hypertension is a highly widespread non-communicable disease in the world and one of the key determinants of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Although there is good antihypertensive medication, the long-term management of the illness is sometimes best achieved through a holistic approach of new lifestyle, stress and metabolism control. One of the promising systems of medicine used in India is Ayurveda, which is a comprehensive model of treating hypertension by diet control procedures, herbal medicines, and Panchakarma treatments. The proposed research work will be a clinical study that will examine the efficacy of an integrative strategy to include Ayurvedic interventions in conjunction with conventional antihypertensive intervention. Sixty patients with the essential hypertension case were chosen and clustered into two groups; the first group that was subjected to the normal allopathic treatment, and the second one underwent a mix-up of Ayurvedic and conventional treatment. The clinical parameters that were measured included systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, lipid profile, stress levels, and quality of life that was measured after 12 weeks. The integrative method demonstrated statistically significant achievements in the control of blood pressure, calming down of stress and overall well-being over the control group. These results imply that Ayurveda using traditional medicine is a safe and working approach of managing essential hypertension.