Himalaya Herbal Arjuna - Cardiac functioning & Healthy Heart

Herbal Arjuna Information: Herbal Arjuna or Terminalia arjuna is a unique herb that helps maintain a healthy heart and reduces the effects of stress and nervousness. Herbal  Arjuna promotes effective cardiac functioning and regulates blood pressure. Herbal  Arjuna has been the herb of choice in Ayurveda for cardiovascular health. Herbal  Arjuna's ability to suppress the blood's absorption of lipids indicates that it has cholesterol-regulating properties.

It is a large deciduous tree with height of 60 to 80 feet. The bark is used as a cardiac tonic. Locally it has been used in wounds, for promoting union of fractures and dispersion of ecchymosed.

Herbal Arjuna Usage: A unique herb that helps maintain a healthy heart and reduces the effects of stress and nervousness. Herbal  Arjuna promotes effective cardiac functioning and regulates blood pressure. It improves the blood circulation to the heart and also tones the heart. Every parts useful medicinal properties Herbal Arjuna holds a reputed position in both Ayurvedic and Unani Systems of medicine. According to Ayurveda it is alexiteric, styptic, tonic, anthelmintic, and useful in fractures, ulcers, heart diseases, biliousness, urinary discharges, asthma, tumors, leucoderma, anemia, excessive prespiration etc. According to Unani system of medicine, it is used both externally and internally in gleets and urinary discharges. It is used as expectorant, aphrodisiac, tonic and diuretic.
• Herbal Arjuna has prostaglandin enhancing and coronary risk modulating
   properties.
• Herbal Arjuna enhances the elimination of cholesterol by accelerating the turnover
   of LDL-cholesterol in the liver.
• Herbal Arjuna lowers beta-lipoprotein lipids and the recovery of HDL components in
   hyperlipidemia.
• Herbal Arjuna promotes effective cardiac functioning by regulating blood pressure
   and cholesterol..
• Herbal Arjuna possesses diuretic and a general tonic effect in cases of liver
   cirrhosis.
• Herbal Arjuna reduces the effects of stress and nervousness on the heart.
• Herbal Arjuna relieves hypertension.

Herbal Arjuna Dosage: Take 1 or 2 capsules twice daily with meals.

Herbal Arjuna Side Effects:
None

Herbal Arjuna Drug Interactions:
None

Herbal Arjuna Contraindications:
None

Herbal Arjuna Clinical Studies: The following clinical study depicts the role of Herbal Arjuna on heart problems:
JAIPUR, India--Researchers here compared the effects of Terminalia Arjuna tree bark with the heart-health benefits of vitamin E in a study published in February's The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India (49:231-5, 2001). In the one-month study, researchers reviewed 105 patients with coronary heart disease, none of whom were on lipid-lowering drugs. At baseline, total cholesterol, triglycerides, lipid peroxidation and HDL and LDL cholesterol were measured. Divided into three groups, group one received a placebo, group two received 400 IU of vitamin E per day and group three received 500 mg of finely pulverized bark powder. No significant changes were found in the placebo or vitamin E groups for total, HDL and LDL cholesterol levels, nor in triglyceride levels. However, in the tree bark group, total and LDL cholesterol were significantly lowered. Notably, lipid peroxidation decreased most significantly in the vitamin E users. The researchers, based at the Monilek Hospital and Research Center here, concluded that Terminalia Arjuna tree bark powder proved to have a significant cholesterol lowering effect.