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| Thus, ends the tenth Chapter dealing with the treatment of ''apasmara'' in the section on therapeutics of Agnivesha's work as redacted by Charaka, and not being available, restored by Dridhabala. [69] | | Thus, ends the tenth Chapter dealing with the treatment of ''apasmara'' in the section on therapeutics of Agnivesha's work as redacted by Charaka, and not being available, restored by Dridhabala. [69] |
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− | === Tattva Vimarsha === | + | === ''Tattva Vimarsha'' === |
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− | • Apasmara is a disease in which faculties of mind like memory/consciousness, intellect and purest quality of mind are afflicted.
| + | #''Apasmara'' is a disease in which faculties of mind like memory/consciousness, intellect and purest quality of mind are afflicted. |
− | • Diet plays significant role in pathophysiology of psychiatric diseases.
| + | #Diet plays significant role in pathophysiology of psychiatric diseases. |
− | • Improper and impure diet is considered to affect mental functions adversely leading to formation of background for disease. The dietary causative factors may act on gut-brain axis to affect the neuro-pathology in case of psychiatric diseases like apasmara.
| + | #Improper and impure diet is considered to affect mental functions adversely leading to formation of background for disease. The dietary causative factors may act on gut-brain axis to affect the neuro-pathology in case of psychiatric diseases like ''apasmara''. |
− | • When this afflicted person is confronted with distressful adverse situation including negative emotions like worries, passion, fright, anger, grief, anxieties, he suffers from apasmara.
| + | #When this afflicted person is confronted with distressful adverse situation including negative emotions like worries, passion, fright, anger, grief, anxieties, he suffers from ''apasmara''. |
− | • The pathophysiology clearly indicates role of somatic imbalances and psychic disturbances as sequential events. The inter-communication between physical entities and psychological entities is very important for continuation of health. Consciousness flows through this co-ordination to make a person alive. Therefore, when this co-ordination is disturbed, it presents as disturbance of psychological faculties. The pathology of apasmara starts with vitiated dosha and ends into bewildered state of mind.
| + | #The pathophysiology clearly indicates role of somatic imbalances and psychic disturbances as sequential events. The inter-communication between physical entities and psychological entities is very important for continuation of health. Consciousness flows through this co-ordination to make a person alive. Therefore, when this co-ordination is disturbed, it presents as disturbance of psychological faculties. The pathology of ''apasmara'' starts with vitiated ''dosha'' and ends into bewildered state of mind. |
− | • Heart [center of consciousness and emotional intelligence] and brain [center of memory and logical intelligence] together form manovaha srotas [functional system of mind]. The co-ordination of these two centers is important for normal functioning of mind. If this is afflicted, it leads to psychiatric diseases.
| + | #Heart (center of consciousness and emotional intelligence) and brain (center of memory and logical intelligence) together form ''manovaha srotas'' (functional system of mind). The co-ordination of these two centers is important for normal functioning of mind. If this is afflicted, it leads to psychiatric diseases. |
− | • Removal of obstruction of dosha in the heart-brain connection, channels and mind by strong purification therapies is management principle of apasmara.
| + | #Removal of obstruction of ''dosha'' in the heart-brain connection, channels and mind by strong purification therapies is management principle of ''apasmara''. |
− | • Basti [therapeutic enema] in vata dominant apasmara, virechana [therapeutic purgation] in pitta dominant apasmara and vamana [therapeutic emesis] in kapha dominant apasmara are specific therapies.
| + | #''Basti'' (therapeutic enema) in ''vata'' dominant ''apasmara, virechana'' (therapeutic purgation) in ''pitta'' dominant ''apasmara'' and ''vamana'' (therapeutic emesis) in ''kapha'' dominant ''apasmara'' are specific therapies. |
− | • Ashwasana [assurance therapy] and psychological counselling are advised to remove psychological stressors that provoke apasmara vega[episode].
| + | #''Ashwasana'' (assurance therapy) and psychological counseling are advised to remove psychological stressors that provoke ''apasmara vega''(episode). |
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| === Vidhi Vimarsha === | | === Vidhi Vimarsha === |