Typically angina is not a disease but is one of the symptoms of heart diseases. Angina is the pain or discomfort in the chest due to reduced blood supply to heart. Pressing and squeezing in the chest is usually felt.
Types of angina
Stable Angina
It has a regular pattern and can be managed with rest or medication. It can occur during exercise, usually when the heart is working harder.
Unstable Angina
It has no regular pattern. Rest or Medication doesn’t relieve the symptoms.
Variant Angina
It occurs due to abnormal narrowing or relaxation of blood vessels. Also called Prinzmetal’s Angina or Microvascular Angina. It occurs without any underlying Coronary artery disease.
Symptoms
- Chest pain.
- Cough with breathlessness.
- Nausea and vomiting.
- Tightness of chest.
- Pain in the chest radiating to back, lower scapula, shoulder and whole arms.
- Associated with pain complaints of indigestion, heart burn and acidity persists.
Causes
Angina is caused due to the reduced oxygen supply to heart. The plaques formed in the arteries reduces the flow of blood to reach the heart. These plaques could form due to increased fat and increased levels of sugar in the blood.
Damage to arteries may also cause angina.
Factors like violent exercise, sever emotional stress, smoking and exposure to extreme temperatures could trigger angina.
Homeopathic approach
As angina is due to many causative factors, homeopathic medicine can help deal with these underlying causes. One such causative factor is formation of plaques in the vessels leading to poor blood supply. These deposits of fat can be prevented with remedies like Calc carb, Cratageus, Kalmia. Improper blood supply can be corrected with remedies like Arnica and Cactus. Aconite and Digitalis are helpful in providing proper blood supply to heart and reduce the chest pain in turn. Baryta mur, Rauwolfia, Arjuna, Helonias can help dealing with metabolic diseases like Diabetes and Hypertension and keeps away the sufferings.
At Gouri Homeo Healthway few protocols have been organized which can help improve the circulation and are effective when employed as a complementary medicine.
