Hypertension

Circulatory System

The Circulatory System, also called the Cardio Vascular System, is composed of the heart and blood vessels, including arteries, veins, and capillaries that permits blood to circulate and transport nutrients (such as amino acids and electrolytes), oxygen, carbon dioxide, hormones, and blood cells to and from the cells in the body providingnourishment and help fighting diseases, stabilizing temperature and pH and maintaining homeostasis.

The circulatory system also includes the Lymphatic System, moving lymph, which is a clear fluid that’s similar to the plasma in blood but the passage of lymph takes much longer than the blood. Lymph is essentially recycled excess blood plasma after it has been filtered from the interstitial fluid (between cells) and returned to the lymphatic system.

Blood contains nutrients from the foods you eat and oxygen from the air you breathe. It also contains hormones and cells that fight infection, as well as transporting waste products to various places that then promptly remove the waste from the body. Our bodies have two circulatory systems:

The pulmonary circulation, is a short loop from the heart to the lungs and back again.

The systemic circulation, sends blood from the heart to all the other parts of our bodies and back again.

Pulmonary Circulation

The circulatory system of the lungs is the portion of the cardiovascular system in which oxygen- depleted blood is pumped away from the heart, via the pulmonary artery, to the lungs and returned, oxygenated to the heart via the pulmonary vein.

Oxygen deprived blood from the superior and inferior vena cava enters the right atrium of the heart and flows through the tricuspid valve (right atrioventricular valve) into the right ventricle, from which it is then pumped through the pulmonary semilunar valve into the pulmonary artery to the lungs. Gas exchange occurs in the lungs, whereby carbon dioxide is released from the blood, and oxygen is absorbed. The pulmonary vein returns the now oxygen-rich blood to the left atrium. A separate system known as the bronchial circulation supplies blood to the tissue of the larger airways of the lung.

Systemic Circulation

It is the portion of the cardiovascular system which transports oxygenated blood away from the heart through the aorta from the left ventricle where the blood has been previously deposited from pulmonary circulation, to the rest of the body, and returns oxygen-depleted blood back to the heart.

Complementory Therapy

Phase 1 – Heart Stimulation with MSRT

Nervine Tonic & Ksheerabala Oil (or as prescribed by Dr), Kajal Herbal Definer , 2 Cotton Buds, Hot & Cold pads.

Patient to lie down on his / her back
Warm the Nervine Tonic & Ksheerbala Oil
Outline the heart area with the kajal lipstick
Dip the tip of the cotton buds with the oil and stimulate the heart area
** Stimulation is being done along with chanting of A, U, M and AUM for 30 minutes
Hot pad for 10 minutes and followed by cold pad for another 10 minutes

Phase 2

Nada Anusandhana AAA -UUU-MMM (20 minutes)
Lie down the back with body completely relaxed

Phase 3

Simple yoga poses – slow movement with breathing awareness
As heart is weak, exercises are to be done either all in sitting or all in standing position

Eg. for standing position exercises:

– Hand stretch in & out breathing

– Hand stretch breathing at 90 , 135 & 180 degrees

– Ankle stretch breathing

– Side bending

Phase 4

Nadishuddhi with Chanting A, U, M (10 minutes)
Bahya Kumbhaka (3 minutes)
** For Bahya Kumbhaka, sit upright or lie in Savasana and bring awareness to the breath

– Start with an Inhalation followed by exhalation. At the end of a normal exhalation, gently hold the breath for a few seconds

– Then go back to the normal inhalations and repeat whole process for 3 minutes.

** All forms of breath holding are known to strain the CNS, transmitting this tension to the rest of the body. When doing this, patient will tire easily and may even become dizzy and lightheaded. If this happens, practice has to be discouraged.

Acknowledgement to:

CYT / ATTC Students of Union Yoga Ayurveda Singapore
Swami Vivekananda Yoga Prakashana Trust, Bangalore

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