Ayurvedic Treatment for Heart Diseases

Till early eighties, it was widely believed that heart disease was virtually irreversible. This meant that once developed, the disease ran a progressive course until the coronary arteries were completely blocked. But recent studies have proven beyond doubt that not only it is possible to stall the process of artery blockage but also the blockage can be really reversed. This implies that through measures other than angioplasty (ballooning) or bypass surgery, it is quite possible to increase the blood flow to the areas of theheart that receive less than adequate blood supply due to clogging of the coronary arteries.
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[B][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Till early eighties, it was widely believed that heart disease was virtually irreversible. This meant that once developed, the disease ran a progressive course until the coronary arteries were completely blocked. ...

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This is an untrue statement. Diet and exercise can reduce and reverse heart disease and this has been known and accepted by real medicine for decades. Ayurveda is a system of emptying the pocketbook based on nonsense, like so many "alternative" systems.

Please don't waste your money on ayurvedic treatments.

Just read about the basics that ayurveda is based on. You won't be convinced.

-Jeff

Hogwash! Ayurvedic medicine and health practice is an ancient art form that has served its people well. A good example is the body types analysis and corresponding foods for the body types. When's the last time your allopathic doctor analyzed your body type and formulated a diet based on your body type and personal chemistry, health issues, etc.? Even if an allopath knew about such things (99.99% do not have a clue), they would not have the time to develop such a diet/regimen for each patient.

Unfortunately, these ancient culture-specific and climate-specific medical practices do not translate or migrate well. Like so many other things, there are hucksters and people who really do not know what they are doing attempting to "practice" these healing approaches. IMO, chiropractic falls into the that category.

Incidentally Jeff, there is no one type of "medicine" or "medical practice." Medicine and health care are a product of culture and climate. There are as many types of medical practice as there are cultures. Allopathy, the (so-called) mainstream "scientific medicine" practiced in the U.S. today, was developed in Germany about 200 years ago and came to the US with German immigrants. Even the word "doctor" is derived from German.

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... Ayurveda is a system of emptying the pocketbook based on nonsense, like so many "alternative" systems.

Please don't waste your money on ayurvedic treatments.

Just read about the basics that ayurveda is based on. You won't be convinced.

-Jeff

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Jeff is right, boring old diet and exercise can actually help heart disease. Dean Ornish has shown that clogged arteries can be opened up.

This is from the Nat'l Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, which tries to find out if CAM medicine really works.

Very few rigorous, controlled scientific studies have been carried out on Ayurvedic practices. In India, the government began systematic research in 1969, and the work continues.
Are there concerns about Ayurvedic medicine?
Health officials in India and other countries have expressed concerns about certain Ayurvedic practices, especially those involving herbs, metals, minerals, or other materials. Here are some of those concerns:

• Ayurvedic medications have the potential to be toxic. Many materials used in them have not been thoroughly studied in either Western or Indian research. In the United States, Ayurvedic medications are regulated as dietary supplements. As such, they are not required to meet the rigorous standards for conventional medicines. An American study published in 2004 found that of 70 Ayurvedic remedies purchased over-the-counter (all had been manufactured in South Asia), 14 (one-fifth) contained lead, mercury, and/or arsenic at levels that could be harmful. Also in 2004, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention received 12 reports of lead poisoning linked to the use of Ayurvedic medications.
  
• Most clinical trials of Ayurvedic approaches have been small, had problems with research designs, lacked appropriate control groups, or had other issues that affected how meaningful the results were.

https://nccam.nih.gov/health/ayurveda/#work