Assessment of variation in blood pressure and pulse rate when fomentation done with steam chamber.
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: R030- Elevated blood-pressure reading, without diagnosis of hypertension
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
1. Subjects between the age group of 21-55 years.
2. Subjects fit for Sarvanga Bashpa Swedana.
3. Both male and female subjects, irrespective of caste, religion and socio economic status, who are willing to give written consent for the study.
1. Subjects below 21 years and above 55 years of age.
2. Subjects who are unfit for Sarvanga Bashpa Swedana.
3. Subjects with BP, systolic more than 140 mmHg and diastolic more than 90 mmHg.
4. Subjects with Pulse rate more than 100/min and less than 50/min.
5. Subjects with systemic diseases which interfere with the course of treatment will be excluded.
6. Subjects with previous history of cardiac illness or congenital cardiac anomalies.
7. Subjects with wounds, swelling or burns.
8. Pregnant and lactating women.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To measure the systolic BP, diastolic BP and pulse rate of the subjects undergoing Sarvanga Bashpa Swedana for 4 days.Timepoint: Pulse rate and blood pressure of the subjects at 4 time points. <br/ ><br>1. Before starting the treatment <br/ ><br>2. After the Abhyanga session 3.Immediately after the Swedana session <br/ ><br>4. 10 min after the completion of Swedana session
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To assess the variation in Systolic BP, Diastolic BP and Pulse rate at 4 timepoints <br/ ><br>and to compare the variation on the 1st and 4th day of the treatment. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 1. Before starting the treatment <br/ ><br>2. After the Abhyanga session 3.Immediately after the Swedana session <br/ ><br>4. 10 min after the completion of Swedana session