SCHIZOPHRENIA, An ayurvedic view

SCHIZOPHRENIA SCHIZOPHRENIA SCHIZOPHRENIA AN AYURVEDIC VIEW

In this modern era people are working like a machine resulting in mental and physical problems in the body. According to Ayurveda Schizophrenia (called Unmada in Ayurveda) is a disorder of mind caused by imbalance of doshas Vata, Pitta and Kapha.

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder in which people interpret reality abnormally. Schizophrenia may result in some combination of hallucinations, delusions, and extremely disordered thinking and behavior that impairs daily functioning and can be disabling.

In the ancient texts of Ayurveda, there are detailed descriptions of mental disorders known as “Unmada”, and schizophrenia can be correlated with many of the types of “Unmada. Ayurvedic physicians describe schizophrenia as a disorder of the mind caused by the doshas (vata, kapha, and pitta). Moving in the wrong paths due to increased toxicity. According to the classical Ayurvedic texts, the

Charaka Samhita, insanity is defined as, “the perversion of the mind, intellect, consciousness, knowledge, memory, desire, manners, behavior, and conduct. It is denominated as insanity (umada) because it is madness (mada) of the mind caused by a deviation (unmarga) of the humors”. Acharya Charak has described it as vitiation of particular dosha, different types of Unmada like Vataj Unmada, Pittaj Unmad and Kaphaj Unmada.

In Ayurvedic classics, hallucinations were called false perceptions (mithyajnana), illusions (maya), infatuations (moha), or confusion (bhrama). Hallucinations were not independent but a symptom of mental disorder (manasa roga). Hallucinations of different sensory organs were observed and explained. These symptoms could be observed in patients suffering from any illness of tridosha origin or psychiatric disorder.

According to the Asthangahydaya of Acharya Vagbhata, “Insanity is a toxicity/disorder to the mind caused by dohas (vata, etc.) moving in the wrong paths due to their increase”. It also said that other reasons for these doshas are having unhealthy foods which are spoiled, unaccustomed, contaminated and using food and drinks in improper manner. It may occur to those who are dejected due to worry, grief, etc., who have weak mind due to the effect of sudden increase of disease, emaciated persons indulging in activities in improper ways, by doing sinful acts, loss of balance of mind, by the effects of strong poisons or weak poisons due to these reasons the doshas getting increased in the mind in persons of Feeble mind produces vitiation of the mind, and invading the manovaha shrotas channels of the mind, caused insanity. All these corruptions cause the intelligence, understanding, and memory to go astray. Because of that, the body looses any sense of joy or sorrow, and wanders about purposelessly like a chariot which has lost its driver”.

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA:

Hallucinations, such as hearing voices or seeing things that others do not experience. Beliefs that are odd or that others do not share, trouble thinking logically, agitated or repetitive body movements, lack of emotional expression when talking, speaking little, lack of pleasure in everyday activities, difficulty paying attention, trouble applying information to make decisions, problems with working memory (a type of short-term memory involved in processing information).

Ayurvedic’ treatment methods work on balancing the biological humors through appropriate physical remedial methods of diet, herbs, and exercise. Ayurveda deals with such problems in natural way. Ayurveda’s treatment for schizophrenia includes panchakarma and ayurvedic Herbs.

Thanks. May goodness of nature bring you good health and happiness.

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