鈥業ntegrated Naturopathy and Yoga鈥� reduces blood pressure and the need for medications
Among a cohort of hypertensive patients in South India: 3-months follow-up study
Abstract
Setting and objective
鈥楳anthena Satyanarayana Raju Arogyalayam鈥� is a 500-bedded hospital in South India that offers 鈥業ntegrated Naturopathy and Yoga鈥� (INY). Major components of INY package include an unrestricted diet of foods in natural form, daily yogic exercises, meditation for relaxation, patient counselling and health education in a highly structured routine for 15 days. We aimed to determine if INY reduced blood pressure and the need of anti-hypertensive medications in hypertensive patients.
Design
Observational cohort study involving pre鈥損ost-comparative analysis of patients enrolled between April and July 2015. Blood pressure, anthropometry, blood parameters and compliance to diet and yoga (diet and yoga score on a scale of 0鈥�10) were measured at baseline and 3 months.
This research was supported by the UK Department for International Development鈥檚 Operational Research Capacity Building Programme led by the International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (皇冠体育app Union)
Citation
Edla SR, Kumar AM V, Srinivas B, Raju MS, Gupta V. 鈥淚ntegrated Naturopathy and Yoga鈥� reduces blood pressure and the need for medications among a cohort of hypertensive patients in South India: 3-months follow-up study. Advances in Integrative Medicine. 2016;3(3):90鈥�7.