Angina and Its Treatment

When you have angina, your heart has to go begging for fresh oxygen - a task that it hates. This heart complaint occurs because your pumper isn't receiving enough blood, and therefore, is not getting all the oxygen it needs.

When you have angina, your heart has to go begging for fresh oxygen - a task that it hates. This heart complaint occurs because your pumper isn't receiving enough blood, and therefore, is not getting all the oxygen it needs. If you have what doctors call stable angina, challenging activities like fast walking or digging in the garden may cause your overworked heart to start up the protests. But there is another kind of angina, called unstable angina, in which the heart does not get enough blood even when you are doing something as simple as kicking back in a lounge chair or crossing the room.

Angina pain originates from the heart. It is a very common symptom experience by people older than 50 years of age and people with heart disease. Men are more likely to experience angina than women.

Medicines like Laxmi-Vilas-Ras, Shrung-Bhasma and Bruhat-Vat-Chintamani are used to relieve the pain. In order to slow down the progress of the disease, atherosclerosis and hyperlipidemia have to be controlled. Medicines like Triphala-Guggulu, Medohar-Guggulu, Arogya-Vardhini, Amalaki (Emblica officinalis), Haritaki (Terminalia chebula), Behada (Terminalia bellerica), Vishwa (Zinziber officinalis), Marich (Piper nigrum), Pippali (Piper longum), Guggulu (Commiphora mukul), Chitrak (Plumbago zeylanica), Psyllium (Plantago ovata), Lashuna (Allium sativum) and Kutki (Picrorrhiza kurroa) are used for this purpose.

Treatment:

1. One herb that has received a lot of attention in cardiac health research is hawthorn. This herb may help protect the arteries and improve circulation around the heart. It has also been shown to prevent the build-up of plaque in the arteries, preventing, or delaying, the onset of atherosclerosis. Bilberry is another useful herb that works to increase blood flow to the heart by dilating the blood vessels and lowering blood pressure.

2. Other treatments include administration of magnesium. For mild angina oral magnesium with B vitamins provide relief of this symptom. For more severe cases magnesium injections are recommended.

3. Smoking cessation is a very important factor which can result in a significant reduction of acute adverse effects on the heart. Patients should be educated to adopt a healthy life style, stop smoking and alcohol consumption, adopt a healthy and balanced diet and increase regular physical activity. Exercise training results in improvement of symptoms, increase in the threshold of ischemia and improvement of patients' sense of well being.

4. Oranges: Oranges help to stimulate the production of various digestive juices in the stomach and thus improves your whole digestive system. The outcome is clearly an increased appetite.

5. In treating anorexia, the first goal is set in restoring the person's physical health, which was greatly affected by the disease. Hospitalization may be required when there are dangers of medical complications, indications of severe malnutrition and/or psychiatric disturbances.

6. Regular exercise can help reduce stress, control your weight, reduce your blood pressure, and increase your level of good HDL cholesterol. Taking a brisk walk for ½ hour a day, four times a week is all it takes. Consult your doctor before beginning a walking regimen or other fitness routine.

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