Abstract

A REVIEW ARTICLE TO STUDY CORRELATION BETWEEN OJAKSHAYA AND ANXIETY

Vd. Adinath Vishnu Vetal^* and Vd. Arshadkhan Rasulkhan Pathan

Abstract

The primary goal of Ayurveda, the science of life, is to preserve a healthy state of living, which includes both disease prevention and treatment. Oja is also an autonomous Ayurvedic principle, which promotes the proper operation of the body's mental and physical components and guards against a variety of psychosomatic illnesses. Oja is also regarded as the live, luminous energy that resides within the human body. Ojakshaya is one of the Ojavikara, according to Ayurvedic writings, and it may be a common factor in a number of illnesses. Ayurveda approaches health from a psychosomatic perspective. In Ayurveda, psychic variables play a significant role in the pathophysiology of practically all diseases, in addition to physical aspects. Anxiety can defined as A emotional state that is future-focused and includes a sophisticated cognitive, affective, physiological, and behavioral response system linked to getting ready for the situations or events that are expected and viewed as threatening, anxiety is closely related to fear. As per Acharya Charak The signs of Ojakshaya include weakness, fear, exhaustion of the sense organs, mental instability, and depression, Which can be corelated with symptomatology of Anxiety. Ojakshaya allivates the physical and mental functioning, making body susceptible for diseases and mind for mental-illnesses. In this present scenario its high time to study in detail concept of oja in perspective to Anxiety and mental-illnesses.

Keywords: Oja, Ojakshaya, Anxiety, Ojavikara.