HRIDROGA

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NIDANA

• AtiUshna – Consumption of too hot foods

• Ati Guru – Consumption in excess of foods which are heavy to digest

• AtiAmla – Excessive consumption of sour foods or taste

• Ati Kashaya – Excessive consumption of astringent foods or taste

• AtiTikta – Excessive consumption of bitter foods or taste

• AtiShrama – Excessive physical exhaustion, laborious work

• Abhighata – Injuries (physical and mental trauma)

• Adhyashana – Excessive consumption of foods, frequent eating (even before the previous taken food has been digested)

• AtiPrasanga (AtiVyavaya) – Excessive indulgence in sexual activities (intercourse)

• Sanchintana – Excessive thinking, stress, over-anxiety

• Vega VidharanaSandhaarana – Forcibly withholding the natural urges (impending body reflexes)

• Vyayama – Excessive physical exercise

• Teekshna / AtiVirechana – administration of strong purgatives, excessive administration of purgation therapy

• Teekshna / AtiVasti – administration of strong enemas, excessive administration of enema treatments

• Bhaya – fear

• Trasa – panic

• Gadatichara – improper or inadequate treatment of other diseases

• Chardi – frequent vomiting, excessive vomiting

• Amadosha – excessive ama or toxins in the body (ama = immature essence of digestion in circulation)

• Karshana – emaciation 

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LAKSHANA

• Vaivarnya – discoloration

• Murcha – fainting, loss of consciousness

• Jwara – fever

• Kaasa – cough

• Hikka – hiccough

• Shwasa – breathlessness, shortness of breath, dyspnea

• Aasyavairasya – feel of abnormal tastes in the mouth

• Trusha / trishna – thirst

• Pramoha – confusion

• Chardi – vomiting

• Kaphautklesha – excessive regurgitation of phlegm into the mouth

• Ruja – chest pain, abdomen pain

• Aruchi – tastelessness, anorexia 

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TYPES OF HRIDROGA 

HridRoga is of 5 types:

• VatajaHridRoga – Heart disease caused by vitiated Vata

• PittajaHridRoga – Heart disease caused by vitiated Pitta

• KaphajaHridRoga – Heart disease caused by vitiated Kapha

• TridoshajaHridRoga – Heart disease caused by all the 3 vitiated doshas (Vata, Pitta and Kapha)

• KrimijaHridRoga – Heart disease caused by worms, bacteria (infection), microorganisms 

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HRID ROGA UPADRAVA (COMPLICATIONS OF HEART DISEASES) 

• KlomaSaada / Klomaapakarshana – weakness of kloma (wind pipe, lungs)

• Bhrama – giddiness

• Shosha – wasting of or excessive dryness of the body, tissue depletion

• KrimijaUpadrava – complications of Krimiroga are manifested in KrimijaHridroga, likewise the kapha symptoms (symptoms of vitiated kapha) will also be manifested in krimijaHridRoga

• Kasa – cough

• Shwaasa – dyspnoea, breathlessness, shortness of breath

• Balakshaya – deterioration of strength

• KanthaShosha – Dryness of throat

• Jihwanirgamana – protrusion of tongue from the mouth

• Mukhashosha – dryness of the oral cavity

• TaluShosha – dryness of palate (roof of the mouth)

• Apasmara – loss of memory, memory related disorders, epilepsy

• Unmada – insanity, mania, psychological disorders

• Pralapa – delirium

• ChittaNasha – destruction of mind related and thought related activities 

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SAMPRAPTI 

Due to the consumption (exposure) of Nidanas (causative factors), the doshas get vitiated. These vitiated doshas in turn contaminate the rasa dhatu (nutritional fluid in circulation) and enter the Hridaya (heart). On entering the heart through rasa dhatu, the doshas trouble the heart and cause HridRoga.