Re: Ayurveda and mental illness
Hari Om
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Originally Posted by
c.smith
Very curious as to the ayurvedic resources one would use in curing mental illness - ie: bipolar disorder, major depression, etc. I have found almost no information on the subject, let alone remedies that one would use..
Namaste c.smith,
First let me say I am not qualified to answer your question. I am just one more person on this earth that has been using this science for some time. I am more comfortable with nutrition and balancing ones constitution, then that of mental-dis-orders.
We know this Ayurved has 8 limbs listed below:
- Internal medicine - Kayachikitsa
- Surgery - Shalya Tantra
- Ears, eyes, nose and throat - Shalakya tantra
- Pediatrics - Kaumarabhritya Tantra
- Toxicology - Agada Tantra
- Purification of the genetic organs - Bajikarana (or Vajikarana) Tantra
- Health and Longevity - Rasayana Tantra
- Psychiatry - Bhuta Vidya ( some also suggest spiritual healing)
The area you are suggesting is psychiatry as you have mentioned. From a dosha¹ or body type, various dis-eases may arise:
- Vata imbalance: fear, anxiety, unrest, rapid mood shifts; insanity, schizophrenia
- Pitta imbalance: blame others; anger, aggression, ambition, see enemies everywhere, on guard ready for a fight, at war with oneself and one's past.
- Kapha imblance: excess sleep, day sleep, day dream, attached to past, dull and lethargic, low drive/motivation, dependent, childish desire to be cared for.
These imbalances can go from slight-to-severe. that is, who does not at times have some fear, or anxiety e.g. a interview, college test, a new position. Yet when it is sustained, then the dis-ease takes hold and the causes are rooted in the dosha imbalances that have become deeply seated in the native's constitution.
When it comes to these imbalances of the mind, seeking a good/experienced Auyurvedic practitioner is well advised.
pranams,
1. your dosha type: http://www.drpaneri.com/diagnose.htm
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