According and Ayurveda, the hridaya (heart) is the place for annarasa (nutrient fluid or essence as a result of food being digested), rakta (blood), ojas (energy), manas (mind), buddhi (instructional force that help the mind make decisions) and athma (spirit). It is the organ that governs all emotions and circulation of blood, to keep an individual healthy and alive. If the heart is in a normal state of functioning, then the individual tends to remain healthy.

However, several aspects such as intake of incompatible food (excess oily, spicy, heavy, creamy foods), lack or excess exercise/physical strain, strenuous work, mental strain, mental or emotional stress and sedentary lifestyle cause vikruthavasta (abnormality) in the hridaya.

The thickening of arteries (dhamani praticaya) and hardening of arteries (dhamani kathinaya) results in obstruction of blood to the heart, thus leading to hridaya rogas (heart-diseases).

• Anemia
• Blood Pressure
• Coronary Artery Disease
• High Cholesterol