The answer is 'Yes.' And this time, I have some evidence. I have seen (and treated) many patients with CAD who are doing quite well only on conservative (ayurvedic) treatment. Of course, according to modern research we will need pre and post treatment angiographies to prove this, which is very difficult considering the cost of these investigations and purpose of these studies. The pathology of CAD includes atherosclerosis (deposition of lipids in the intima of arteries). This suggests vitiation of kapha dosha. There is hardening of arteries - possibly due to vata dosha. In some instances coronary vasospasm may lead to ischemia and myocardial infarction, which may be interpreted as vata vitiation with avarana. There are some patients where angina (chest pain due to CAD) is manifested as burning sensation - this can be due to pitta.

But I feel that final ayurvedic diagnosis should depend on symptom interpretation and study of hetus (causes eg, diet, activities etc.) rather than modern pathological studies. Ayurvedic treatment will be successful only with the study of ayurvedic pathology (samprapti) and ayurvedic etiology (hetus)

Hi everyone. My grandmother (in her late 60s) has been having extremely high blood pressure up to 250/140 and so, she has very blocked off arteries and now takes a LOT of blood pressure medicine and medications like Plavix in an attempt to keep her arteries cleaned out.
The allopathic physicians said that this condition has probably been going on for quite some time now. Her mother also had a similiar condition, although her mother was quite thin.
Her blood pressure will shoot up extremely high with the least bit of provocation (a tiny amount of salt, or even just slight stress),up into stroke level.We're trying to help her with dietary precautions and such, but it always stays about the same.
Does anyone have any knowledge/advice on a condition this severe?

I would recommend Guggulu (Commiphora mukul) among other things, which does an action in Ayurvedic pharmacology called Lechana (scraping).

Thank you for your response. She had one artery on her right side so blocked that her blood pressure readings were quite low.She had a bypass a few months ago but it really did little to change her overall blood pressure readings.
Another thing I can tell you about her general health is that she has had major problems with her lower intestines.She has something she calls a "spasmodic colon" , that leads to a lot of pain and discomfort at times. She had this for nearly twenty years and it mysteriously vanished and was seemingly replaced by these episodes of extreme hypertension.(I may be wrong here but this is what it semed like to me).
Another thing I have noticed is that when her blood pressure goes up quite high, her face gets red, she has attacks of anger and paranoia and lashes out at anyone around her. She will also try to get into a frenzy of activity. When it goes up even higher she gets even redder and starts shaking all over.
The blood pressure raise is quite predictable because I can ALWAYS tell by her behavior.
There are no ayurvedic physicians in my area, but I can try to do as much as I can to help her with this at home. Would it be appropriate to get her a diet that minimizes pitta dosha even more?Or anything else that can be implemented in a home setting?

Cm, thank you very much for your well-informed response. I appreciate this greatly.