Abstract

DEPRESSION FROM THE POINT OF VEIW OF CHIKITSA AND KRIYA SHARIR

Vd. Burse R. F.*, Dr. Dhimdhime R. S., Vd. Zile K. C., Vd. Maind A. A. and Vd. Jumnake V. S.

Abstract

The Manas (psyche), Soul and Sharira (soma) are the tripods for the existence of life. In the other words life is the combination of Sharir, Indriya, Sattva and Atma. Thus mind body and soul ascendancy each other. There are two types of diseases sharirik and manasik. Depression is mentioned in Ayurvedic text in various scattered references. Depression having the two states that is state of emotions(manasik bhavas) and a disease(manasik vyadhi). As there are some correlation, understanding the pathophysiology of depression by means of Ayurvedic basic principle such as Sharir dosha(bodily humor), Manasik dosha(attributes of psyche), Satwa Bala(strength of mind), Agni(biological fire), Dhatu(tissue sustaining the body), Srotas, Ojas(vital essence of life) is essential. Since ancient time Ayurveda has already told the interrelationship between psyche and soma, while describing Sattvavajaya Chikitsa.

Keywords: Manas, sharira, Indriya, satwa, depreesion, sattvavajaya.