🚑 Seek urgent care if:
- Chest pain or pressure, pain spreading to the arm, jaw or back, breathlessness, cold sweat, palpitations with dizziness or fainting.→ Call your emergency number immediately — these can be signs of a heart attack.
Classical understanding
- Classical texts describe hṛdroga as disorders of the heart classified by doṣa, with the heart seen as the seat of ojas and circulation; arjuna is the dravya most associated with cardiac support.
General self-care (safe for most)
- A heart-friendly life — daily movement, a healthy weight, whole foods low in salt and fried fat, no smoking, good sleep and lower stress — supports the heart. These are general wellbeing measures only.
Any heart symptom or known heart disease needs a doctor; this content is general education only and never a treatment for heart disease.
View sources — 3 classical & official references ›
- Classical text Charaka Saṁhitā
- Classical text Suśruta Saṁhitā
- Classical text Bhāvaprakāśa (incl. Nighaṇṭu)