Ayurvedic Approaches to Angina and Chest Discomfort

Another effective remedy is to boil ½ cup each of milk and water, add ½ teaspoon of arjuna and 2 pinches of saffron, and take twice or 3 times a day. You may find this remedy beneficial for both chest pain and heart palpitations. In India, angina is often directly dealt with by taking certain powerful herbs SPECIAL HERBS sublingually (under the tongue) to produce immediate relief, as nitroglycerin tablets are often used in modern medicine. Ask your Ayurvedic physician about these herbs.

Topically, one can apply a paste to the chest. Make the paste of ginger powder A HEALING PASTE (1 teaspoon) and shringa bhasma (just a pinch). Add sufficient warm water, and apply. Try to get hold of some deer horn.

(Indian groceries and Chinese herb stores are DEER HORN possible sources.) Using a mortar and pestle or another kind of grinding stone, rub the deer horn on the rough stone until a little paste is formed. Applying a little of that paste on the chest can instantaneously relieve angina pain. TIME TO SEE THE DOCTOR The heart is a precious, vital organ. Any symptom related to the heart could be a sign of heart disease or a signal that heart disease is developing.

So if you have any chest pain that could be due to your heart, please consult your doctor. Especially— but not exclusively—if you get chest pain from less exertion than usual, or if your chest pain lasts longer than a few minutes, treat it as a medical emergency. Taking 1 teaspoon of gold water 2 or 3 times a day before food is also effective. GOLD WATER (See appendix 1 for instructions on making gold water.) .

If there is no acute angina pain, you can improve coronary circulation by doing YOGA POSTURES some gentle yoga stretching. Beneficial postures include the Camel pose, Boat pose, Locust pose, gentle Spinal Twist, and Cobra pose. These postures stretch the coronary arteries and increase blood supply to the heart. Anxiety Anxiety, which often is associated with insomnia and feelings of fear, is due primarily to aggravation of vata dosha in the nervous system.