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CLINICAL RESEARCH
Year : 2010  |  Volume : 31  |  Issue : 4  |  Page : 436-441

The role of psychic factors in pathogenesis of essential hypertension and its management by Shirodhara and Sarpagandha Vati


1 Senior A. Medical Officer, Govt. of West Bengal, Ravindra Nagar, Stadium road, Mignapur-721101, West Bengal, India
2 Professor and Head, Department of Panchakarma, Institute for Post Graduate Teaching and Research in Ayurveda,Gujarat Ayurved University, Jamnagar, India
3 M.D.(Medicine), Consultant Allopathic Physician, Jamnagar, India
4 Panchakarma Physician, Department of Panchakarma, I.P.G.T.&R.A., Jamnagar, Gujarat, India

Correspondence Address:
N N Bhatt
Panchakarma Physician, Panchakarma Department, IPGT and RA, Gujarat Ayurved University, Jamnagar
India
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Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None


DOI: 10.4103/0974-8520.82035

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This clinical trial was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of Shirodhara and that of Sarpagandha Vati in essential hypertension. A total 47 patients were selected for study, out of which 40 patients (20 in each group) completed the course of treatment. Study subjects were randomly allotted into two groups, with one group being treated with Shirodhara and the other with Sarpagandha Vati. Specialized Ayurvedic rating scales like Manasa Pariksha Bhava as well as the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale were adopted to assess the effect of therapy. The effects of treatment on the chief complaints and the associated complaints were also evaluated. The results in the Shirodhara group were better than that in the Sarpagandha group. Although both Sarpagandha Vati and Shirodhara helped in reducing systolic and diastolic pressures, the effect of Shirodhara was more marked.


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