“Ayurveda produces significant results as a complementary treatment (remedy) method to allopathy in disorders such as depression, mental illness, anxiety and Obsessive compulsive disorder. There have been studies conducted where the dependency on allopathic medicine was reduced with a simultaneous increase in the ayurvedic remedy,” says Dr D Sudhakar, assistant director of the Advanced Centre for Ayurveda in Mental Health at NIMHANS. He provides that there have additionally been instances the place dependency on allopathic medicine has been fully eradicated.

Ayurvedic medicine present for a holistic change within the patient whereas allopathy offers with particular signs of the dysfunction. Ayurveda recommends conventional dietary and life-style habits together with yogic workout routines and natural remedy. It has proved to be another type of remedy, which not solely consists of treating the dysfunction – bodily and psychological – but additionally bringing in a change within the life-style of the particular person to stop future sicknesses.

Ayurveda stands by its definition of health, through which a wholesome thoughts performs an essential function. Being a holistic science, ayurveda explores the symbiotic relationship among the many thoughts, physique, soul, the senses and their workings. It approaches psychological health within the following way:

The human being is a structure of the thoughts, physique, soul and senses, additionally known as Sarira, Atma, Manas and Indriya respectively. This consists of psychological senses (Gyanendriya) and bodily organs (Karmendriya). The dynamics of those main constituents govern the health of an individual.
Manas is a structure of three operational qualities: Tamas, Satva and Rajas. Also known as gunas, these outline the character or tatva of an individual. Satva guna is an amalgamation of all issues good – self-control, data, energy to find out proper and incorrect in life. The qualities of Rajas guna are to be in movement, violent, envious, authoritative, desirous and confused. The traits of Tamas are being uninteresting, inactive, lazy, sleepy or drowsy. Of these Tamas, Gunas and Rajas and are referred as Manodoshas. The imbalance of Satva, Rajas and Tamas are answerable for psychological sickness, often called Manovikara.
On the opposite hand, the physique, which is believed to be shaped from nature is comprised of three psycho-biological components: Vata (air component), Pitta (fire element) and Kapha (earth element). These components are also called the tridoshas. Dr Raghuram, MD (Ay), a advisor ayurvedic doctor in Bangalore, who has been working towards ayurvedic medication for more than a decade, states that the tridoshas are primarily detrimental in nature, (in Sanskrit, dosha means fault) however they’re truly defending the physique. He provides that when the three doshas go awry, they assault the physique and trigger sickness to both one half within the physique or the entire. This additionally impacts the thoughts, inflicting psychological disturbances and even sickness. Therefore, the remedy in ayurveda focuses on treating each the psychological sickness and bodily as a result of they’re inter-related.

Studies being performed by ayurvedic practitioners on the results of the remedy or particular medication on issues corresponding to melancholy, nervousness have proven seen outcomes.