AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION- Ayurvedic Treatment, Diet, Exercises, Yoga & Pranayama

 The aortic valve is a valve in the human heart between the left ventricle and the aorta. In aortic valve regurgitation, the aortic valve doesn’t close tightly.

  • SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION
  • CAUSES OF AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION
  • PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION
  • DIAGNOSIS OF AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION
  • TREATMENTS FOR AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION
  • PROGNOSIS OF AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION
  • COMPLICATIONS OF AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION
  • AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION AND AYURVEDA
  • NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION
  • PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION
  • SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION
  • LAKSHANA- AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION
  • AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION
  • CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION
  • AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION
  • AYURVEDIC SHODHANA TREATMENT FOR AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION
  • COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION
  • HOME REMEDIES FOR AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION
  • DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION
  • YOGA FOR AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION
  • RESEARCH PAPERS OF AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION 

  • Palpitations
  • Shortness of breath
  • Chest pain
  • Desmayos
  • Rapid pulse
  • Heart murmur
  • Ankle swelling

CAUSES OF AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION 

  • Congenital heart defects
  • Rheumatic fever
  • Endocarditis
  • Connective tissue diseases
  • Autoimmune diseases
  • Age-related valve diseases

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION 

In aortic valve regurgitation, the valve between the left ventricle and the aorta doesn’t close properly, which causes leakage of blood backward into the left ventricle. This causes the left ventricle to hold more amount of blood, leads to enlargement of the ventricle.

DIAGNOSIS OF AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION 

  • Proper history taking
  • Physical examination – Auscultation
  • Electrocardiogram
  • Echocardiogram
  • Chest X-ray

TREATMENTS FOR AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION 

  • Aortic valve replacement surgery

PROGNOSIS OF AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION 

  • Prognosis is based on the severity of symptoms of aortic valve regurgitation and underlying diseases.

COMPLICATIONS OF AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION 

  • Frequent fainting spells
  • Heart failure
  • Aortic valve regurgitation may become fatal

AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION AND AYURVEDA

  • In Ayurveda, aortic valve regurgitation falls under ‘hridroga’
  • Symptoms can be managed based on Vata vyadhi chikilsa. According to Ayurveda, the heart functions controlled by ‘vyanavayu’

NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION 

The risk factors are;

  • Excess consumption of ununctuous, dry, salty, cold food
  • Excessive physical exercise.
  • Supresión de los impulsos naturales.

PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION 

  • Palpitations – hridrava

SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION 

  • Vata, pitta y kapha dosha se mueven por todos los canales de circulación. Debido a la naturaleza sutil de vata, impulsa a los dos doshas restantes.
  • El vata agravado habiendo provocado estos dos doshas, se exacerba y llena los canales vacíos y se mueve grandemente dentro de ellos o siendo envuelto por los otros doshas.
  • The aggravated vata resides in the heart, affects its normal function.

LAKSHANA- AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION 

  • Urasula – chest pain
  • Palpitations – hridrava
  • Breathing difficulty – srama swasa

AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION 

  • Symptoms are manageable – yapya roga

CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION 

AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION 

 

 AYURVEDIC SHODHANA TREATMENT FOR AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION 

  • Virechana – mild purgation
  • Vasthi – medicated enema (to control vata)

COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION 

Administración interna

  • Gandharvahasthadi kashayam
  • Arogyavardhini vati
  • Laghusuteshekhara rasa
  • Brahmi vati
  • Brihat Nayopayam Kashayam
  • Partharishtam
  • Shiva Gulika
  • Parthalesunadi Tablet

HOME REMEDIES FOR AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION 

  • Sleeping for 8hrs

DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION 

  • Avoid food items that produce vata dosha imbalance like cold and dry food, hard to digest. Because vata imbalance aggravates the symptoms.
  • Evite fumar.
  • Evite los ejercicios pesados que agravan aún más las afecciones.
  • Oil massage on the head is advised. Which alleviates vata dosha
  • Descansa adecuadamente.

YOGA FOR AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION 

  • Nadi Shuddi Pranayam – El paciente tiene que estar sentado en postura de meditación con la cabeza y la columna vertebral erguidas, con el cuerpo relajado. El paciente tiene que cerrar una fosa nasal (por ejemplo, la fosa nasal izquierda si utiliza la mano derecha y viceversa) con el pulgar y exhalar completamente por la otra fosa nasal. De nuevo, tendrá que inspirar profundamente por la otra fosa nasal mientras la fosa opuesta sigue cerrada con el pulgar.
  • Savasana – relax the body and mind
  • Balasana
  • Bhujangasana

RESEARCH PAPERS OF AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF AORTIC VALVE REGURGITATION 

1.     Management of Hridroga (Cardiovascular Disease) with Simple Ayurvedic Drugs -A Review

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312032077_Management_of_Hridroga_Cardiovascular_Disease_with_Simple_Ayurvedic_Drugs_-A_Review