APICAL HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY IS A GENETIC CONDITION WHERE THE HEART MUSCLE ESPECIALLY AT THE APEX BECOMES THICK AND STIFF WITH AGE DUE TO THIS STIFFNESS THE HEART DOES NOT RELAX PROPERLY DURING FILLING SO DURING EXERTION OXYGEN DEMAND INCREASES AND MILD ANGINA OR FATIGUE CAN OCCUR EVEN IF PUMPING POWER APPEARS NORMAL ON REPORTS THIS IS WHY YOUR CARDIOLOGIST HAS ADVISED LIMITED WALKING AND TO STOP WHEN PAIN APPEARS THIS ADVICE IS MEDICALLY AND AYURVEDICALLY CORRECT AND SHOULD NEVER BE IGNORED
FROM AYURVEDIC POINT OF VIEW THIS CONDITION CAN BE UNDERSTOOD AS VATA DOMINANT HRIDAYA VIKARA WITH MAMSA DHATU VRIDDHI AND SROTAS AVARODHA DUE TO AGE RELATED VATA PRAKOPA AYURVEDA DOES NOT CLAIM TO REVERSE THE GENETIC STRUCTURE OR FORCE THE HEART TO TOLERATE EXCESS LOAD BUT IT CAN SUPPORT HEART MUSCLE FLEXIBILITY CIRCULATION OXYGEN UTILISATION AND FATIGUE RECOVERY SO THAT TOLERANCE IMPROVES GRADUALLY AND SAFELY
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO BE CLEAR THAT AYURVEDIC TREATMENT SHOULD NOT BE USED TO PUSH WALKING DURATION AGAINST PAIN OR MEDICAL ADVICE THE GOAL IS GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT AND BETTER QUALITY OF WALKING WITHOUT STRAIN
BEFORE STARTING OR MODIFYING TREATMENT RECENT INVESTIGATIONS SHOULD BE REVIEWED SUCH AS ECG ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY WITH DIASTOLIC FUNCTION DETAILS BLOOD PRESSURE RECORDS LIPID PROFILE FASTING AND POST PRANDIAL SUGAR AND KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS THIS ENSURES SAFE SELECTION OF MEDICINES
ARJUNA CHURNA HALF TEASPOON TWICE DAILY AFTER FOOD WITH WARM WATER THIS IS HRIDYA IT SUPPORTS HEART MUSCLE NOURISHMENT IMPROVES ENDURANCE AND HELPS IN ANGINA TENDENCY WITHOUT OVERSTIMULATING THE HEART
ASHWAGANDHA CHURNA HALF TEASPOON AT NIGHT WITH WARM MILK OR WARM WATER THIS REDUCES MUSCLE FATIGUE CALMS VATA AND SUPPORTS RECOVERY IN ELDERLY HEART PATIENTS
DASHAMOOLA KWATH TEN ML ONCE DAILY IN THE AFTERNOON WITH WARM WATER THIS HELPS VATA BALANCE AND IMPROVES TISSUE FLEXIBILITY
WALKING SHOULD ALWAYS REMAIN PAIN FREE IF CURRENTLY 15 TO 30 MINUTES IS COMFORTABLE THAT IS SAFE LIMIT YOU MAY TRY TO INCREASE BY 5 MINUTES ONLY AFTER THREE TO FOUR WEEKS AND ONLY IF THERE IS NO CHEST DISCOMFORT BREATHLESSNESS DIZZINESS OR UNUSUAL FATIGUE ANY PAIN IS A SIGNAL TO STOP NOT TO PUSH
WARM UP SLOW WALKING AND COOL DOWN ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN TOTAL DURATION REGULARITY IS MORE BENEFICIAL THAN LONG DURATION
WITH CONSISTENT MEDICAL AND AYURVEDIC SUPPORT MANY PATIENTS EXPERIENCE BETTER ENERGY LESS FATIGUE AND SLIGHTLY IMPROVED WALKING TOLERANCE BUT THE FINAL LIMIT IS DECIDED BY THE HEART RESPONSE AND SAFETY MUST ALWAYS COME FIRST
