Understanding the Condition of Hridroga: A Critical Review for the Understanding of Vataj and Pittaj forms of the Disease
Author : Dr. Nishant Paika and Dr. Satya Deo Pandey
Abstract :
Hridya is one of the vital organs of the body, also called as one of the Marmas of the body, sustaining the life of the body. However, its working is mainly affected by many factors which include the vitiations of the tridoshas and the physical conditions of the heart itself. Understanding the disease, the various signs can be understood as the beginning stages of the disease, which mainly includes the Feeling of Palpitations (Hriddrava), feeling of heaviness (hridya-gaurava) & feeling of restlessness sequentially, or one or many out of these. Our main criteria for the study is to understand the progress of the disease before the onset of its actual symptoms, as the Hridya (Heart) is a vital organ supporting life and its major functions and many signs appear or can be usually experienced by the patient, while the disease progresses inside the body of the patient. Etiologically, this can be understood by understanding the stages of the kriya-kaal of the disease, where the signs of this hridroga, can be experienced by the patient from the prokopa stage itself, as it is capable of inducing the same signs and symptoms of the Hridroga, due to other pre-existing conditions of the tridosha vititation, rather than by having the complete samprapti vighatan (etiology) behind the cause of the disease.
Keywords :
Hridya, Hridroga, Marma, Kriya-kaal, Tridoshas
