International Journal of Advanced Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy, Vol 2, No 1 (2013)

Management of Ischaemic Heart Disease with ‘Lekhan Guggulu’

Anaya Ashish Pathrikar

Abstract


Ischaemic Heart Disease is known to be the cause of large number of mortality even in developed countries in spite of the fact that much advancement has been made in the field of medicine. In Ayurvedic text, ‘Dhamani Pratichaya’ is a described term used specially for the Pathological Condition (Vikruti) of the wall of large and medium Dhamanis (Arteries) which resembles Ischaemic Heart Disease. The present research attempt is to evaluate ‘Lekhan Guggulu’ an Ayurvedic compound for the treatment of ‘Dhamani Pratichaya’ with special reference to Ischaemic Heart Disease. The effect of the drug combination was assessed by comparing the subjective and objective parameters and blood biochemistry.