AYURVEDA PERSPECTIVE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISEASE AND THEIR MANAGEMENT METHODOLOGY
*Dr. Nishant Kaushik and Dr. Poonam Bhojak Kaushik
ABSTRACT
Ayurveda defines health as a state of equilibrium of tridosha, trimala, sapatadhatu and homoeostasis of mind as well as sense organs. Grahachikitsa is one among the eight major branches of Ayurveda that deals with prevention and management of mental problems. In spite of great advancement in the science of psychiatry, since decades the problems retained with the management of a certain mental problems like anxiety, stress, mental retardation etc. have not fully solved. In addition to this, adverse effect of anti-psychotic; anxiolytic medication is also creating considerable amount of discomfort to the patient. At this juncture, need is felt for the exposition and adaptation of such therapies that could effectively tackle these conditions without adverse events. Psychiatric illnesses are fundamentally no different from medical illness. Historically, illnesses in which there was prominent disturbance of psychological function or behavior and no obvious pathology came to be regarded as psychiatric. However, modern world now knows that there is demonstrably altered brain function in many psychiatric disorders; also psychiatric illness is no less real or less deserving of care than are medical conditions.
Keywords: Ayurveda, tridosha, trimala, saptadhatu, psychiatric illness.
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