Abstract
Hypertension now becomes a gravious problem in this present era or we can call it as “Silent Killerâ€. According to the modern sciences there is some sort of successful treatment avable such as diuretic ACE inhibitor but these are having their own complication and limitations. In Ayurveda there is not any direct has reference regarding Hypertension but we can found some refrences where we will get hypertension as a symptom such as as uccharaktachapa, RaktagataVata, RaktavritaVata, PranavritaVyana etc which are having specific line of treatment including shodhana, shaman as well yoga along with pathya for controlling hypertension. So here attempt is made to trace ayurvedic view of hypertension in classics.