Key result
A 90-day program of Ayurveda herbal juices and Yoga significantly reduced systolic blood pressure and pulse rate, and narrowed their variances, in male prisoners with elevated blood sugar.
Why the study?
Do Ayurveda herbal juices and Yoga, or Yoga alone, reduce blood pressure and pulse rate in males?
RCT (n=112)
No
Do Ayurveda herbal juices and Yoga, or Yoga alone, reduce blood pressure and pulse rate in males?
Ayurveda herbal juices combined with Yoga, or Yoga alone, significantly reduced blood pressure and pulse rate over 90 days compared to no intervention.
Does not support changing hypertension management; leaves open additive effects of Ayurveda-yoga combinations in diabetic males.
Abstract 1.1.Background:increasing hypertension throughout society is increasing health costs. One possible solution, Yoga medicine, is increasingly popular with all strata of society. Here we present a study of methods of Ayurveda and Yoga for blood pressure and pulse rate. 1.2.Methods:The study was a three arm controlled trial over ninety days in Bhopal, India of 112 males. Informed consent was given by all participants and Ethical Clearance granted by the Institutional Ethics Committee. The three arms were: Group 1, Ayurveda herbal juices and Yoga; Group 2, Yoga; Group 3, no intervention. Assessments of blood pressure and pulse rate were made every 15 days. Statistical analysis used Excel and Graph Pad. Ayurveda herbal juices consisted of freshly prepared Wheatgrass, Amla, Adusa and Guduchi, totalling 200 ml. Fresh sprouted moong beans, chickpeas, fenugreek, and peanuts totalling 100 gms were also given daily as a breakfast replacement. 1.3.Results:Significant changes in both variable means and variances were observed. Both systolic and diastolic blood pressure reduced significantly for Group 1 and Group 2; but not significantly for Group 3. Pulse rate decreased significantly for Group 1 and Group 2; but not significantly for Group 3. 1.4.Discussion:Significant decreases in Standard Deviations over the 3-month intervention mean that both Ayurveda Herbal juices and Yoga, and Yoga alone improve variable regulation: both high and low blood pressure normalize. Modern medicine drives variables in one direction, but here Yoga practice has been observed to normalize them.
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Alex Hankey (2016) conducted an RCT in Elevated blood sugar and hypertension (n=112). Ayurveda herbal juices and Yoga vs. No intervention was evaluated on Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) (p=<0.05). A 90-day program of Ayurveda herbal juices and Yoga significantly reduced systolic blood pressure and pulse rate, and narrowed their variances, in male prisoners with elevated blood sugar.
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