]]> http://www.charak.com/blog/charak-ayurveda-camp-in-pune-from-24th-may-to-26th-may-2013.html/feed 0 http://www.charak.com/blog/charak-article-covered-in-mumbai-samachar.html http://www.charak.com/blog/charak-article-covered-in-mumbai-samachar.html#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 06:46:15 +0000 Dr Charak http://www.charak.com/blog/?p=1066

Many patients are impatient nowadays. Whatever the problem, they want a quick fix with a pill. And there are doctors to oblige them too with a ready prescription which only makes the chemist and salesmen happy. But it is high time that such an attitude changed and sanity prevailed.

High blood pressure is the bane of modern civilization. And the number of drugs and their combinations available to manage the high BP are literally countless. There lies the rub. Rushing to pop a pill just for the sake of bringing down the reading on the BP apparatus is wrong.

Alternative therapies such as aerobic exercise, resistance or strength training, and isometric hand grip exercises help reduce your blood pressure, according to the American Heart Association in a new scientific statement published in its journal Hypertension (24-4-13).

Experts reviewed data from 1,000 studies on various therapies for high BP without pill-popping, including three types of exercise (aerobic, resistance or weight training and isometric exercises, most commonly handgrip devices) and found them highly effective.

High blood pressure – a major risk factor for heart attack and stroke – affects more than 26 percent of the population worldwide and contributes to more than 13 percent of premature deaths.

So the next time your BP reading goes up the scale, as it often happens to most people nowadays, don’t reach out to the medicine chest. There are better ways of controlling your BP which could be quite enjoyable as well.

Ayurveda took the digital route to reach the global audience, with Kerala Tourism launching two e-books on the Indian healing system. The e-books on Ayurveda are the award-winning coffee table books, “Panchakarma: Ayurveda’s Mantra of Rejuvenation”, explaining ‘panchakarma’ as a holistic rejuvenation therapy combining five therapeutic actions to detoxify the body and revitalise the body system, and “Ayurveda: The Mantra of Niramaya”, an introduction to the medicine system using texts from ancient scripts to modern research papers.

“The e-books on Ayurveda are aimed at people around the world, to help them learn about the age-old system of medicine so that they can come to Kerala and experience its health benefits,” said State Tourism Minister A.P. Anil Kumar, releasing the two e-books at a function.

The mantra of Niramaya had won the National Tourism Award in 2003-04 for the best publication in English. Kumar also released two other e-books — one on the socio-cultural history of Kerala and another on yoga and healthy living.

Published by IT solutions provider Invis Multimedia, the four e-books will be available at online stores for purchase for easy reading on e-book readers, mobile phones or computer screens. The digitization of the four coffee table books was sponsored by Kerala Tourism. Those buying the Ayurveda e-books will get a free e-brochure on Kerala Tourism (IANS 9-4-13)