SEMINAR PRESENTATION ON -PATHYA APATHYA VIVECHANA IN HRIDROGA

 According to ayurvedic texts the Utpatti of Hridaya is from the essence of rakta and kapha ,predominantly from matruja bhava which  develops into a  muscular organ.The term “Hridaya” was first seen in Atharva Veda and was considered as an organ system comprising sirastha hridaya i.e. brain and urustha hridaya i.e. heart. 

This urustha hridaya in Samhitas was considered to be hollow organ (kostha), made up of two pesi, and three mandala sandhis, and in a shape of lotus and connected with ten maha dhamanies i.e. pulsating vessels which provide  blood, nutrition, oxygen 

 Thus immunity to the entire body  anatomically, physiologically and functionally urastha hridaya is similar to that of heart. Cardiovascular diseases refers to the following four entities,

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE/CORONARY HEART DISEASE

CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE

PERIPHERAL ARETRY DISEASE

AORTIC ATHEROSCLEROSIS

PATHYA AHARA-Puraanraktshali,  Jaangal pashu pakshi  mamsarasa,  Mudga ,kulatha yusha, khandayusha ,aamra, dadima, shunti,   kadali,  karavellaka, purana kushmanda,eranda taila,draksha,takra ,patola,

Mamsa varga(Meat): Jangala mamsa(meat of animals of desert),Ena mamsa(back deer),Krakara mamsa(flesh of snipe) shulya mamsa (meat pierced with an iron rod and roasted on burning coal/ flame)prepared with ghee  mamsa rasa(meat soup)

Gorasavarga (Milk and Milk products) : navaneetam (butter) ksheeram(milk), takram(butter milk)

 Madhu varga (honey): Madhu(honey).

Harita varga (leafy vegetables): shigru(moringa oleifera) Tikta saka(vegetables of bitter taste),upodika (palak)

Kritanna kalpana(prepared foods ) Odana(porridge), Mudga soup(green gram soup),Laja manda(scum of gruel prepared with fried paddy),Dadimaamalaki yusha(soup of pomogranate and indian goosberry),Khada and kambalika (prepared from cooked pulses or vegetables,added with butter milk and processed with spices and salt),Raga and shadava( thick sauce-as mixture of sugar, bida lavana,saindhava lavana,vrikshamla, juice of parushaka, jambuphala and rajika used as a syrup , guda samyukta dadhi(curds added with jaggery),.

PATHYA  VIHARA-Svedana, Vamana, Basti, Virechana, Vishraam, Langhan ,Hridya (cardiac tonics/cardio-protectives in Ayurveda)-

APATHYA AHARA-Aavi dugda,madhuka, virudda anna,guru paki ahara,Purana patra shaka,Naveena anna, ksheera ikshu vikrati,Consumption of water after food,pishta anna,abhishyandi ahara

APATHYA VIHARA-Excessive vyayama,Atiyoga basti,virechana,vamana,veghdharana ,chinta,krodha,bhaya, veghadharana 

 To protect from any type of vitiation or injury a wise person should take much vigilance by observing proper pathya and apathya and by Judicial use of Hridya (cardiotonics or cardio – protectives ) as a prevention of cardiovascular diseases