Dietery Approches in Hypertension

Hypertension is one of the common conditions encountered in the clinical practice. It is one of the major risk factor for the development of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Hypertension is an important health problem of the modern society. There are 600 million Hypertensives in the world at risk for heart attack, stroke and cardiac failure. Resulting in a remarkable high morbidity of our country. Several studies and several drugs have been introduced in various system of medicine, still the world is in search of a therapeutic measures which are very effective, safe and without adverse effects. Ayurveda is a comprehensive system of medicine that the treatment is highly personalized and holistic, and restore the innate harmony of the individual. Explanation about the hypertension in Ayurvedic is not direct. In this study, various dietary habits for the prevention of Hypertension will be discussed