SYNOPSIS


Heart disease is the single most important cause of premature death in the developed world. Affluent Indians, who are over-fed & under-exercised, have one of the high rate of coronary heart disease in the world. About 50 million Indians are estimated to be suffering from coronary heart disease and nearly 100 million are at the risk of developing it in the near future. The disease is likely to become the number one killer in India, in the nest two decades.

A team of reputed doctors of Ayurveda and Chinese herbal medicine along with eminent scientists has been working with me since 1987 to explore the role of herbs in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. We have already identified around 300 cardiac herbs which can effectively be used for the treatment of various heart diseases. The herbs mentioned in this book are based on medical and scientific research. The modern technological advances can reveal activities of certain compounds in the herbs, which were not known so far. With the advanced knowledge of molecular science and the refinement of isolation & structure elucidation techniques, we are now in a much better position to identify new drugs of the herbal origin.

The herbs have always been in use as medicine and it has been observed that the human body is much better suited to herbal remedies. The knowledge of herbs is our invaluable heritage, which belongs to the present and future generations; keep it alive and pass it on.

CONTENTS

I	HISTORY OF HERBS	01-12
II	CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM	13-77
01	Introduction	15-20
02	Ischaemic heart disease	21-32
	a. Angina pectoris	24-25
	b. Myocardial Infarction	25-30
	c. Sudden cardiac death	30-31
	d. Chronic Ischaemic heart disease	31-32
03	Congestive heart failure	33-37
04	Hypertensive heart disease	37-38
05	Rheumatic heart disease	38-39
06	Cor pulmonale	39-39
07	Congenital heart diseases	39-40
08	Cardiac arrhythmias	40-41
09	Cardiac arrest	41-41
10	Other heart diseases	41-42
11	Hypertension	43-49
12	Atherosclerosis	51-57
13	Other diseases of vascular system	57-58
14	Role of Stress	59-61
15	Role of smoking	63-65
16	Role of exercise	66-66
17	Role of diet	67-71
18	Role of herbs	73-77
III	CARDIAC HERBS	79-102
01	Anti-angina herbs	81-81
02	Coronary dilating herbs	81-82
03	Anti-myocardial infarct herbs	83-83
04	Anti-arrhythmic herbs	83-84
05	Herbs for congestive cardiac failure	84-85
06	Anti-atherosclerotic herbs	85-86
07	Anti-platelet aggregation herbs	86-87
08	Fibrinolytic herbs	87-87
09	Anti-thrombotic herbs	87-88
10	Anti-coagulant herbs	88-89
11	Anti-hyperlipidaemic herbs	89-91
12	Anti-hyperlipidaemic herbs	91-92
13	Cardio-tonic herbs	92-93
14	Cardiac stimulant herbs	94-95
15	Cardiac depressant herbs	95-97
16	Anti-hypertensive herbs	97-101
17	Angio-protective herbs	101-101
18	Capillary strengthening herb	101-101
19	Vasodilating herbs	101-102
IV	ABSTRACTS	103-185
01	Anti-coagulant herbs	105-107
02	Anti-hyperlipidaemic herbs	108-116
03	Anti-hyperlipidaemic herbs	117-124
04	anti-atherosclerotic herbs	125-127
05	Anti-thrombotic herbs	128-129
06	Myocardial protective herb	130-130
07	Myocardial infarction inhibition herbs	131-131
08	anti-myocardial Ischaemic herbs	132-132
09	Fibrinolytic herbs	133-133
10	Anti-platelet aggregation herbs	134-142
11	Anti-arrhythmic herbs	143-149
12	Anti-hypertensive herbs	150-175
13	Coronary dilating herbs	176-177
14	Capillary strengthening herb	178-178
15	Vasodilating herbs	179-185
V	GLOBAL RESEARCH	187-258

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