Abstract

Nishant Paika* and Satya Deo Pandey

ABSTRACT

Hridya is one of the most important organs of the body, which is also classified as one of the Marma of the human body, among the concept of the Tri-marma. Its working, which is generally understood as the beating of the Heart, remains normal under the normal conditions in the terms of rate and the rhythm. These are generally controlled by the Heart itself under the normal conditions but for the varying circumstances its rate can be controlled by the other parts of the nervous system, mainly Brain itself. Although under the normal circumstances heartbeats remains un-noticeable by the patients, but under some conditions of Physical, Emotional, Traumatic or General distress to the body, the heartbeats become noticeable for the patient, as in the form of the palpitations itself. This Feeling of palpitations by the patient can be understood as the condition of Hriddrava in the Classical texts of the Ayurveda. Although that may or may not has been termed as the disease in the terms of classical presentation of the signs and the symptoms but the presentation of the perceptible heartbeats may be the cause of worry for the patient, if the patient experiences them all the time, including the time of normal tasks like sitting, normal walking, sleeping or under the other routine conditions. Sometimes it may cause the discomfort to the patient because patient might gets the feeling of the presence of some disease just because of the repeated irritation and discomfort. Considering the intervention of the tri-doshas for this condition, its treatment approach can be understood in a very scientific & understanding way, generally which is due to Vata dosha.