PHYSIOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF GARBHA, BALA & KUMARAVASTHA, AND THEIR SUSCEPTIBLE DISORDERS
Dr. Nilesh Dileeprao Deshmukh*, Dr. Abhijit Ankush Nikam, Dr. Mangesh Ganpat Dimbale
ABSTRACT
Ayurveda offers a holistic model of understanding the sublime stages of life for childhood age commencing with Garbha Avastha to Balyavastha and finally Kumaravastha before the adult age. Each stage is ascribed to different physiology and pathology, inducting importance for maternal health, nutrition and preventive health care. The underlying approach is that the suppression of the factors promoting disorders related to the Garbha Avastha, Balyavastha and Kumaravastha. Balyavastha is known as the golden age of growth and learning. In Balayavastha there is a concerted holism for physical, mental, emotional and social development but with notable proclivity to a multitude of factors which influenced the developmental attainment. Kumaravastha is early growth stage related to early childhood age which witnessed many physiological changes inside the body. These different stages of early human life considered susceptible for many pathological conditions due to the diminished state of immunity. Phakka Roga, Balshosha and Karshya, etc. are major illnesses associated with Balyavastha and Kumaravastha.
Keywords: Ayurveda, Garbha Avastha, Balyavastha, Kumaravastha, Kaumarbhitya.
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