Article by Dr Raghuram Y.S. MD (Ay) & Dr Manasa, B.A.M.S
Sattvavajaya Chikitsa is one among the many Trividha Chikitsa i.e. threefold therapies defined by Grasp Charaka (Ref – Cha.Su.11/54). It is among the most necessary therapy inclusions in combating psychological problems.
The opposite two therapies embody Daiva Vyapashraya Chikitsa (divine therapies) & Yukti Vyapashraya Chikitsa.
Usually Sattvavajaya is skillfully mixed with certainly one of these two therapies or each of them. Many instances, Sattvavajaya itself turns into crucial and handiest therapy for psychological problems and could be administered singly. In delicate to reasonable instances afflicting the thoughts sattvavajaya chikitsa which incorporates the modern-day psychotherapy and cognitive behavioral remedy (CBT) and prolonged periods of counseling shall be simply sufficient to provide complete outcomes.
Sattvavajaya Chikitsa could be thought-about as a psychological drugs. Being a non-pharmacological method, it’s a huge and obligatory a part of comprehensively treating the psychological problems and likewise to steadiness the thoughts doshas.
On this article I shall restrict my dialogue to ‘the importance of administering Sattvavajaya Chikitsa as a key strategy in the treatment of mental disorders’.
Sattvavajaya Chikitsa – Psychotherapy in combating Psychological Issues
Intention of Sattvavajaya Chikitsa in psychological problems
Sattvavajaya Chikitsa goals at regaining and reestablishing regular psychological actions and creates a steadiness within the thoughts and its attributes. That is achieved by conducting / practising Yama, Niyama and Pranayama frequently. It’s correlated to and termed as ‘Ayurveda Psychotherapy or Trance Therapy’.
Analysis – A selected analysis has proved that Sattvavajaya Chikitsa is superior to tablets of Zingiber officinale (Shunti, ginger) within the therapy of Ajeerna attributable to Manasika Dosha i.e. atonic dyspepsia.
Sattvavajaya Chikitsa is a particular line of therapy for efficient administration of psychological problems and likewise to steadiness the doshas associated to the thoughts i.e. rajas and tamas attributes. It’s a non-pharmacological method equal to psychotherapy.
Sattvavajaya, phrase that means,
Sattvavajaya phrase division – The phrase Sattvavajaya includes of two phrases i.e. Sattva = thoughts, Avajaya = to win, to beat, victory, conquer. So, Sattvavajaya means ‘controlling one’s thoughts’ or ‘bringing the mind to a state of balance’.
When the purpose is achieved, the affected person would have conquered his or her ‘disturbed or diseased mind’.
The purpose of Sattvavajaya Chikitsa is ‘to control the mind by restraining it from untoward desires, attachments or getting attracted to untoward worldly objects, desires or pleasures, which in true sense are the main causes for imbalance of mind and its attributes and subsequent development of mental disorders’.
It additionally goals at growing the sattva guna of the thoughts.
Sattvavajaya Chikitsa
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Will increase Sattva Guna of the thoughts which
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Suppresses and balances aggravated / imbalanced rajas and tamas qualities of the thoughts
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Thoughts returns to a state of steadiness
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Psychological problems get cured
Definition of Sattvavajaya
“Sattvavajayah punah ahitebhyo arthebhyo mano nigrahah”
Any therapy or measure which helps in controlling the thoughts and protecting it indifferent from the ahita arthas i.e. undesirable, unwholesome, undesired and incompatible objects of sense organs and or thoughts known as as Sattvavajaya Chikitsa.
In sattvavajaya Chikitsa, the individual is skilled to realize management over the senses and thoughts objects and hold oneself indifferent from pointless, unwholesome objects which may injury the thoughts and its functioning.
Sattvavajaya in psychological problems attributable to ‘Asatmya Indriyartha Sannikarsha’
Asatmya Indriyartha Sannikarsha means improper coordination between the sense organ and its associated sense object. It is among the main causes for the manifestation of ailments. This improper coordination can occur in 3 ways i.e.
– Hina yoga – deficit contact,
– Ati yoga – extreme contact and
– Mithya yoga – perverted contact
The thoughts is invariably concerned in all these three varieties of improper coordination. Subsequently, asatmya indriyartha sannikarsha associated to any sense organ will finally lead to damaging the thoughts and trigger psychological problems in the long term.
Equally, hina, ati and mithya yoga of thoughts with its personal objects i.e. pondering (chintya), analyzing (vicharya), creativeness (uhya), focusing (dhyeya) and willpower (sankalpa) additionally results in psychological problems.
Sattvavajaya Chikitsa due to this fact contains avoiding these untoward associations i.e. asatmya samyogas associated to the sense organs and thoughts as described above. It will assist in comprehensively treating psychiatric / psychological problems. This will even assist in prevention of psychological problems from manifesting or their recurrence.
Measures included beneath Sattvavajaya
Grasp Charaka has specified ‘Sattvavajaya Chikitsa’ for balancing the disordered rajas and tamas qualities, that are additionally the doshas of the thoughts, which are likely to trigger psychological problems when deranged. Additionally it is the first therapy for Manasika Rogas – psychological problems.
The under talked about 5 are the measures / therapies or methods included beneath Sattvavajaya Chikitsa and must be utilized skillfully within the therapy of psychological problems. They’ve particular person significance within the therapy of manasika rogas, however a skillful mix of two or extra of those measures as and when wanted shall be a strategic win for comprehensively tackling the psychological problems. So, a doctor must be nicely versed in figuring out these entities to their fullest and likewise to incorporate them within the therapy plan and administer them judiciously.
The 5 therapy methods of Sattvavajaya Chikitsa embody –
1. Jnana – growing knowledge / intelligence and thought course of / information / conscience / consciousness
2. Vijnana – growing profane information or understanding / discernment / judgment / consciousness / comprehension / notion
3. Dhairya – putting in braveness
4. Smriti – adopting measures to appropriate the reminiscence course of / to boost and restore reminiscence
5. Samadhi – meditation
Some consultants have used the under talked about phrases, which when correctly understood could be comprehensively included in Sattvavajaya Chikitsa. Although they haven’t been talked about in Grasp Charaka’s classification, they are often included in a single amongst these elite 5. They’re –
– Harshana – inflicting pleasure / happiness / gladdening / delight / pleasure
– Ashwasana – offering assurance / encouragement
These measures are used to activate and conquer the thoughts which has been derailed, deliver it to correct observe and therapeutic it comprehensively.
Advantages and position of Sattvavajaya Chikitsa within the therapy of Psychological problems
There are lots of elements which are put into disarray when an individual suffers from psychological dysfunction of any type. Sattvavajaya Chikitsa when carried out skillfully, both individually or together with different therapies like Daiva Vyapashraya Chikitsa, Yukti Vyapashraya Chikitsa or each will yield promising outcomes and assist in not solely curing the psychological problems, but in addition to stop them from recurring.
The dhi – mind, dhruti – braveness and decision-making capability and smriti – reminiscence – are the three necessary operational zone with which the thoughts is linked. All these entities are depending on the information or knowledge we get by means of our experiences and perceptions. Thoughts is crucial bridge by means of which we get linked to the exterior world by means of our senses and acquire all experiences which might in later a part of time develop into information, knowledge or recollections.
The roots of psychological problems are in asatmya indriyartha sannikarsha – improper coordination between the sense organs and sense objects – which can by of deficit, extra or perverted varieties, prajnaparadha – mental blasphemy i.e. committing acutely aware sins and errors and kala parinama – the impact of time, which isn’t beneath our management.
Sattvavajaya helps as a tenet for an individual to grasp these items as etiological components of his or her psychological disturbances and get away of their captivity by detaching themselves from asatmya indriyartha samyoga and prajnaparadha and therefore forestall the deviations and deflections which could happen in dhi, Dhriti, and or smriti. Sattvavajaya additionally helps in streaming the dhi, Dhriti and smriti to the road of steadiness. All these could be achieved by means of varied measures and interventions included beneath its umbrella, together with jnana, vijnana, dhairya, smriti and samadhi. Thus, we will say that Sattvavajaya is the important thing to steadiness the mind, judgment, perseverance and reminiscence and their operational elements and channelize them right into a zone of positivity which is once more a basis for complete psychological well being. Sattvavajaya is each preventive and healing.
The 5 elements of Sattvavajaya Chikitsa talked about by Grasp Charaka are positively the gamechangers within the therapy of psychological problems. They’re –
– jnana – selling and creating consciousness of religious information
– vijnana – selling and creating consciousness of scriptural or scientific information
– dhairya – instilling braveness or encouraging the affected person, serving to her or him to realize psychological restraint,
– smrti – serving to out the affected person to deal with recollections – settle for and save good recollections, and flush off the dangerous recollections that are dangerous on the long term
– samadhi – serving to in improvement of focus and focus
They are often administered both individually or skillfully mixed to achieve the purpose of conquering the thoughts and channelizing it in correct and constructive path. It will assist in ‘mind healing’ and to do away with psychological problems.
In psychological impairments and ailments, one would have misplaced management on regulating and channelizing his or her thought processes, planning and executing the suitable concepts, taking proper selections, braveness and willpower. This may create negativity, fears and pointless blocks within the channels associated to thoughts. Sattvavajaya helps in gaining again the management over these entities and in reinstalling braveness, willpower and focus. The individual will study to channelize his or her ideas and produce them into motion. Sattvavajaya will even assist the individual in understanding the actions beneath plan and likewise their penalties. This may assist him to stay away from the obsessive errors and sins that one is compelled to do. All these could be achieved by means of the attention and consciousness which have gotten channelized by means of implementation of sattvavajaya chikitsa.
Psychological problems like unmada – madness or psychoses and attatvabhinivesha – schizophrenia / continual psychological problems would put an individual in a state whereby he wouldn’t be able to differentiating between good and dangerous, true and false, useful and non-beneficial. These problems want complete method and all three therapy modalities together with daiva vyapashraya, yukti vyapashraya and sattvavajaya chikitsa must be included and elegantly mixed. Sattvavajaya helps in differentiating the above-mentioned entities and establishing psychological well being.
Chitta Vrittis i.e. actions of the thoughts could be extremely deviating for the thoughts. The thoughts will take pleasure in unwholesome objects. Consequently, the information perceived shall be misguided and dangerous. They are going to be saved as dangerous and dangerous recollections solely to get surfed in at a later level of time. Sattvavajaya Chikitsa will assist the individual to maintain indifferent from undesirable and unwholesome objects and likewise to restrain from the ideation of such objects. In doing so, the position and advantages of sattvavajaya is sort of related to what’s achieved by common apply of Yoga.
Vikara or roga i.e. a state of being diseased known as ‘dukha’ i.e. grief or discomfort. Then again, Arogya i.e. a state of being wholesome known as as ‘sukha’ i.e. happiness or consolation. Dukha and Sukha are states of thoughts. Sattvavajaya helps in eliminating dukkha and attaining sukha and therefore permits one to develop into wholesome and handle that state.
Sattvavajaya, additionally helps in establishing equilibrium and a state of calmness in atma – soul, indriya – senses and manas – thoughts. These three are among the many determinants of Swasthya within the Ayurveda definition of complete well being.
This remedy helps one in main a contented, peaceable, satisfying, content material and productive life. By conditioning the thoughts and channels associated to it, sattvavajaya chikitsa helps in establishing psychological peace, well being and steadiness.
Sattvavajaya Chikitsa goals at balancing the manasika doshas – rajas and tamas. Rajas and tamas qualities when elevated or aggravated, will trigger imbalances within the thoughts and its capabilities. Rajas and Tamas are the doshas of the thoughts and imbalance of their equilibrium offers an acceptable basis for the psychological problems to develop. Then again if sattva guna of the thoughts dominates over the rajas and tamas qualities, sattva guna wouldn’t enable the opposite two attributes to specific. That is thought-about as a state of psychological steadiness. Sattvavajaya Chikitsa wouldn’t solely lower the aggravation of raja and tama qualities of the thoughts however would additionally improve the sattva attribute of the thoughts.
Sattvavajaya Chikitsa can also be a ‘de-stressing’ remedy. It is a crucial gamechanger in those that are present process monumental stress at totally different phases of life. Other than offering aid for psychological and emotional stress, it additionally helps in reaching religious knowledge and bliss.
Associated Studying – ‘Benefits of Sattvavajaya Chikitsa’
Different aspects, varied dimensions and views of Sattvavajaya Chikitsa
Trivarga, Prajnaparadha and Sattvavajaya Chikitsa
Trivarga – Dharma – righteous way of life, Artha – gaining wealth in righteous means and Kama – good and affordable wishes are thought-about to be the trivargas. They’re additionally the components of purushartha chatushtaya i.e. 4 targets of human life, the fourth one being the resultant of the above talked about three executed in a righteous means i.e. moksha – salvation. Grasp Charaka mentions ‘following the trivarga in the proper way’ is an effective remedy for psychological problems. To do that, one must have a sane thoughts and willpower. When the thoughts is in a state of imbalance, one would do prajnaparadha because of rajas and tamas attributes going awry. Consequently, dharma, Artha and kama shall be sought by means of non-righteous means. Sattvavajaya Chikitsa helps achieve psychological steadiness and management, with which one would discover proper methods of conducting dharma, Artha and kama – which is able to assist in eliminating psychological problems and likewise would develop into the pathway for moksha.
Associated Studying – ‘Trivarga and Sattvavajaya Chikitsa’
Position of the 5 therapies included in Sattvavajaya Chikitsa in treating Psychological Issues
a. Jnana – promotion of cognition and its advantages in psychotherapy
Jnana / Prajna means information or consciousness or cognition. Particularly it’s meant to elucidate religious information.
Jnana remedy, which is a type of Sattvavajaya Chikitsa goals at varied strategies of bettering Jnana and its key elements i.e. dhi – mind, Dhriti – braveness or resolution and smriti – reminiscence.
When Jnana is promoted, the individual begins introspecting and understanding the cores of internal self. He’ll begin differentiating between good and dangerous, useful and non-beneficial, helpful and dangerous elements clearly. It would assist one to keep away from misguided and detrimental methods of pondering and instill positivity. The individual will find yourself experiencing the true worth of self, atma and paramatma and the philosophy and spirituality of life, which is the inspiration for procuring a sane, balanced and wholesome thoughts. The Jnana remedy will even assist in therapeutic the ailing thoughts and enriching the thoughts’s well being.
Within the course of, not solely rajas and tamas qualities that are the principle culprits in causation of psychological problems are balanced, however the Jnana remedy additionally fine-tones dhi, Dhriti and smriti elements – which varieties the inspiration for one to obtain psychological stability and do away with psychological problems if any.
From the fashionable drugs / psychiatry viewpoint, many therapies like auto-correction, religious understanding, reattribution strategies and decentering could be included beneath the umbrella of Jnana remedy.
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b. Vijnana – promotion of worldly or scriptural information
Vijnana is a remedy included in sattvavajaya chikitsa and has been outlined as ‘Shastra Jnanam’ which suggests scriptural, scientific or textual information.
The scriptural information will assist an individual to grasp the worldly affairs in a greater means. The doctor shall prepare the individual in direction of complete and scientific interpretation and understanding concerning the scriptural information. This can be a pathway by which the doctor shall switch his vijnana to the affected person. This helps the affected person to grasp the standard and magnitude of his bodily or psychological or psychosomatic illnesses and hold knowledgeable about the identical. It will assist her or him in combating their well being points, psychological problems on this context and hold them in test. This will even assist them in understanding the character of the thoughts, its qualities, capabilities, disturbances, problems and methods to stop, management or deal with the fluctuations occurring within the thoughts. Initially this may be executed with the assistance, steerage and monitoring by a doctor or Ayurveda psychiatrist. Later, when the individual learns the ‘self-help’ strategies, he could make a apply of controlling his thoughts and the fluctuations therein. Subsequently, the scriptures, the outline discovered therein and its scientific translation and understanding is essential in figuring out and coping with psychological illnesses. The scriptures are due to this fact thought-about as necessary testimonials and consultant of true and unadulterated information in Ayurveda.
Vijnana helps in understanding the thoughts video games and its subtleties. It trains and guides the ailing individual or in any other case to manage up with psychological fluctuations, their causes and triggers and methods of coping up with detrimental feelings, stress and thoughts imbalances and likewise offers capability to take care of them in the best means.
One would get the information of pravritti i.e. attachment and nivrutti i.e. detachment which is the inspiration for discriminating between good and dangerous in concern with thoughts well being. This helps in stopping many psychological problems because the individual will study to stay away from the causative components and triggers. She or he will even study to reply and behave to numerous stimuli in a managed means.
Other than controlling rajas and tamas doshas of the thoughts, Vijnana will assist in enhancing the sattva guna too. By doing so, it’s going to lay a basis in direction of gaining complete psychological well being and stability. Subsequently, it is a perfect remedy in direction of prevention and treatment of psychological problems.
From the angle of the advantages it bestows, Vijnana remedy is sort of equal to Cognitive Behavioral Remedy (CBT).
Vijnana could be understood within the that means of comprehension, notion, judgment, profane understanding, discernment or consciousness. Vijnana goals at enhancing these qualities.
Enhanced Vijnana will assist one in controlling the thoughts and its attributes, to steadiness the psychological doshas i.e. rajas and tamas and to boost the sattva guna. This can be a basis course in direction of studying to not do prajnaparadha i.e. acutely aware and obsessive errors or sins which is the principle trigger for a lot of psychological problems. This additionally helps in prevention and treatment of psychological problems.
Vijnana is an ocean consisting of many sorts of information, together with these of science, life science and artwork of mixing with worldly affairs, understanding body-mind relationship, social and private conducts, dietetic and life-style rules and practices, pathology and therapy of psychological problems, preventive information and many others.
Vijnana entails behavioral strategies and the methods of growing these abilities and placing them to fixed use which is able to in flip assist in treating psychiatric and psychosomatic ailments comprehensively.
Vijnana can also be a happiness science. As a thoughts phenomenon it helps us in understanding many issues within the appropriate sense in order that we will mix with nature and the world round us, really feel ourselves as part of it and reside a contented and blissful life. It additionally offers one with a readability in direction of actions to be taken on the idea of procured information.
Vijnana trains one in social abilities which additional helps in correcting the disturbed behaviors and behavioral deficits.
Associated Studying – ‘Vijnana – Scriptural, Scientific or Worldly Knowledge – Educative approach and its role in Sattvavajaya Chikitsa’
c. Dhairya / Aashvasana Chikitsa – reassurance as part of sattvavajaya chikitsa
Dhairya – means braveness or confidence. As a remedy it entails instilling braveness and confidence within the hearts of the sufferers. It’s of utmost significance for many who have much less braveness or confidence. It may be used as a therapy for these having avara sattva i.e. weak minded. Offering assurance or confidence or braveness to these in need of that could be a half and parcel of sattvavajaya chikitsa i.e. physiotherapy. Dhairya is a sub-therapy included in sattvavajaya chikitsa. Some even name this as ashwasana chikitsa, ashwasana means reassuring the individual which is able to in flip instill braveness in her or him.
Other than instilling braveness, dhairya remedy additionally relieves fears and boosts self-confidence. It additionally generates a wave of hope enabling the individual to see gentle on the finish of the tunnel.
On this path, it will be significant for the doctor to have one-to-one speak with the affected person. He also needs to clarify the character of the illness to the sufferers. It will assist the sufferers to grasp what is occurring to them and develop an perception into the illness.
The doctor ought to observe the identical method in order to elucidate the therapy procedures that the affected person could be present process within the coming days. He shall additionally hold the affected person intimated and conscious concerning the causative components, triggers, causes for flare ups and recurrences and different aspects of the illness. Sufferers also needs to be educated concerning the preventive measures and precautions which they should know and likewise inculcate the identical into their lives. It will assist in prevention of many ailments.
Dhairya as a remedy will generate braveness and confidence within the minds of the sufferers and assist them conquer their fears. It will strengthen their sattvika high quality of the thoughts. They are going to be able to face any hardships of life and conquer their fears strongly. Dhairya is a device to stop and treatment psychological problems.
Associated Studying – ‘Dhairya / Aashvasana Chikitsa – reassurance and courage therapy, Role in Sattvavajaya Chikitsa’
d. Smriti Chikitsa – fine-toning Reminiscence as part of sattvavajaya chikitsa
Smriti which suggests reminiscence, is an intervention which is included beneath the umbrella of Sattvavajaya Chikitsa defined by Grasp Charaka.
When used as a remedy it’s used to revive and improve the reminiscence by balancing smriti bhramsha i.e. perversions of reminiscence through the use of many strategies. When not part of Sattvavajaya Chikitsa, reminiscence could be enhanced or balanced through the use of efficient medicines and therapies in that path.
Smriti remedy is used to take away or delete dangerous and undesirable recollections and restore or set up good and wished recollections. The individual is made to overlook painful and traumatic recollections which may trigger many psychological problems when left unflushed. Unhealthy recollections are additionally sources of all types of grief, fear, nervousness, despair, concern and different dangerous feelings. Smriti remedy contains changing the recollections, dangerous ones with good ones.
Smriti Vibhramsha and Prajnaparadha, resulting in psychological problems – Smriti or reminiscence is among the colleges of manas, the thoughts. Dhi and Dhriti are the opposite two. One can have a wholesome and balanced thoughts when these three colleges are in a state of steadiness. Then again, one would endure from many sorts of psychological problems when a number of of the dhi, Dhriti or smriti or imbalanced or disturbed.
Smriti is outlined as – ‘Drushta Shruta Anubhutanam Smaranat Smritih Uchyate’ which suggests ‘Smriti is remembering or recollecting the knowledge of anything that is perceived through seeing (observing), hearing or experiencing’.
Mano Vibhramsha i.e. perversion of thoughts is a way of thinking when there’s perversion of the schools of the thoughts. When one does any motion beneath the affect of mano vibhramsha it is going to be referred to as as prajnaparadha i.e. acutely aware errors or sins.
Sattvavajaya Chikitsa or Ayurveda psychotherapy goals at correcting these colleges and bringing them to their precise line of operation establishing serene steadiness in them, and therefore therapeutic the thoughts comprehensively. That is how the correction of the smriti element turns into an necessary element of sattvavajaya chikitsa.
Reminiscence manipulation – It’s a side of sattvavajaya chikitsa. The sufferers are skilled to investigate their recollections. They’re guided to delete and do away with dangerous and undesirable recollections and exchange new and good recollections of their place. One can do that both voluntarily or being guided by their psychotherapist. It will educate the individual to maintain away the dangerous and detrimental feelings or stimuli / triggers and on the opposite facet to develop and nurture positivity inside.
This may help individuals having weak reminiscence and when reminiscence is required to do away with the ailments.
Different advantages
One would want good reminiscence to observe the directions given by the doctor associated to prescription, eating regimen, life-style and behavioral modifications and likewise dose types of medicines in order that she or he recovers in fast time. Smriti helps one to recollect his or her illness and its signs and likewise bear in mind restoration and development of therapy. Smriti helps one to remember about attachment and detachment and the consequences of the identical. All these assist in complete psychosomatic therapeutic.
Smriti Bhramsha – i.e. perversion of reminiscence is the foundation of prajnaparadha and prajnaparadha is the foundation for all psychiatric sicknesses and ailments. That is one such situation which calls for reminiscence manipulation by means of smriti remedy. It may be present in ailments like unmada, apasmara and atattvabhinivesha.
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e. Samadhi – inducing Samadhi – meditation or focus like state as part of Sattvavajaya chikitsa
Samadhi is the fifth device or intervention included in Sattvavajaya Chikitsa by Grasp Charaka. It is among the elite eight branches of Ashtanga Yoga. It’s a state of utmost and supreme steadiness of thoughts and of unwavering focus. It’s a sort of Yogic psychotherapy
Samadhi, as a remedy, is the most effective device to deal with these affected by continual psychological or psychosomatic problems. Samadhi would cut back wavering, fluctuations and confusions within the thoughts. It will bestow focus, focus and tranquility which is utmost wanted for therapeutic and steadiness of thoughts.
Samadhi is of utmost significance in psychiatric interventions as a result of a lot of the ailments one suffers in lifetime are psychosomatic in nature. The individual’s thoughts will all the time be invested within the illness and its signs and in continual ailments the illness turns into a behavior and half and parcel of these affected by it. The detachment and flush-out is required. The ‘disease thoughts’ would always hassle and waver the thoughts resulting in totally different gradients of stress, fear, despair and nervousness. That is the principle supply for agitation and worsening of any psychological illness and can also be true for worsening of bodily and psychosomatic illnesses.
In such a state, the thoughts must be pulled again to the axis of steadiness which might positively be achieved by making use of varied Yoga strategies. Samadhi is a type of Yogic rest which can also be part of psychotherapy.
Grasp Patanjali defines Yoga as ‘Chitta Vritti Nirodha’. Chitta Vritti Nirodha includes strategies and measures to manage the fluctuant and uncontrolled actions of the thoughts and likewise channelizing it in a correct pathway. Gaining management over the thoughts and thoughts actions is nothing however ‘self-control’. Chitta Vritti Nirodha additionally means ‘control over the sense organs and their subjects’. These colleges are beneath the management of the manas – thoughts.
Chitta Vrittis – Chitta Vrittis are the ideas which trigger thoughts cluttering. In its regular state, chitta i.e. thoughts (reminiscence, consciousness) is secure and balanced. Vrittis are these fluctuant waves which trigger fluctuations and wavering within the secure thoughts and produce about instability therein. Apply of Yoga places brakes on the chitta vrittis and therefore brings about calmness within the thoughts. This retains the thoughts indifferent from cluttering ideas. Chitta Vritti Nirodha not solely reduces stress but in addition will increase self-awareness. Chitta Vrittis are the thought patterns that will forestall an individual from seeing and realizing the reality concerning the Self and the world by which she or he lives.
Taking a look at this from an Ayurveda perspective – Sattva, Rajas and Tamas are the trigunas i.e. three fundamental attributes of the manas that are additionally chargeable for creation of the universe. All psychological occasions taking place in us are attributable to these attributes and fluctuations taking place in them. The imbalances in sattva and many others. attributes are chargeable for indulgence of 1 within the objects and fluctuations and wavering taking place within the thoughts.
Wavering doesn’t happen in sattva since it isn’t a dosha and is a state of steadiness. Rajas and Tamas are the doshas of thoughts. It’s these two attributes that bear fluctuations resulting in chitta vrittis of various sorts. Imbalances occurring in raja and tama qualities of the thoughts will afflict the steadiness of thoughts and likewise that of sattva attributes of the thoughts. Sattvavajaya Chikitsa goals at balancing raja and tama qualities and to boost or steadiness the sattva guna.
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Different inclusions in Sattvavajaya Chikitsa
Mano Kshobha Chikitsa – Shock or Psycho-shock remedy
The Ayurveda clarification of ‘Mano Kshobha Chikitsa’ could be included within the format of Sattvavajaya Chikitsa. It may be correlated with Psycho-shock remedy. The measures included herein as defined in Ayurveda treatises could be successfully utilized in administration of acute and continual psychological ailments or exacerbations of signs of the identical. Subsequently, it’s utilized in therapy of a wide selection of ailments like Unmada – psychoses and Bhotonmada – continual idiopathic demonic psychiatric problems. Shock therapies will assist in restoring the affected person’s psyche. They will even assist in balancing the thoughts and senses of these affected by psychiatric illnesses.
Examples embody – Trasana – threatening or terrorizing, Harshana – exhilaration, Vismapana – inflicting astonishment and many others. These strategies will assist in change of ideation and the thoughts could be introduced again to its authentic wholesome state. (Ref – For particulars – Learn Charaka Chikitsa 9/80)
The aim of those shock therapies shall be therapeutic the thoughts regardless of them producing bodily ache and likewise psychological shock to the affected person. They’ll restore and reinstall normalcy and tranquility of thoughts. Kshobha Chikitsa acts on the traces of shock remedy or Electroconvulsive Therapy – ECT and also will bestow the identical advantages.
Pratidvandva Chikitsa – Reminiscence Substitute or Emotion Swap
This can be a type of neutralizing remedy by which one excessive emotion is changed by one more reverse emotion in order to neutralize it. Pratidvandva Chikitsa is an integral a part of Sattvavajaya Chikitsa. Grasp Charaka has defined the identical in Charaka Chikitsa Chapter 9 (9/86) within the context of Unmada Chiktisa – therapy of psychoses. It consists of changing detrimental concepts with new constructive ideas and responses.
Sattva Pariksha and Sattva Chikitsa – Personalized analysis and therapy of psychological imbalances, Private Psychotherapy
By explaining the Sattva Prakara i.e. varieties of sattva or thoughts states, classification of particular person on the idea of trigunas (sattva, raja and tama), Sattva Pariksha amongst the Dashavidha Pariksha – the tenfold affected person examination and Satvasara Purusha Lakshanas i.e. options of an individual who’s enriched with balanced thoughts, Ayurveda has accepted the variants of habits of thoughts and individuals who have such a way of thinking. The collective data from these contexts additionally offers us an concept and classification of various psychic personalities i.e. manasika prakriti.
Equally, the opposite components among the many tenfold examination like prakriti, vikriti, sara, samhanana, desha, kala, vaya and many others additionally must be thought-about together with the psychic persona and habits of people to organize a correct framework of therapy method. Complete information of those entities will give a readability to the physicians dealing with the mano vikritis – psychological illnesses and imbalances in order to plan, customise and execute psychotherapies – sattvavajaya chikitsa as and when wanted on a person-to-person foundation.
To Sum Up,
Sattvavajaya Chikitsa is a crucial element of the therapy protocol defined in Ayurveda. It’s used to comprehensively deal with psychiatric and psychosomatic issues and likewise bodily illnesses with psychological signs or psychological problems with bodily signs (psychosomatic problems). However principally, it’s a basis therapy and obligatory inclusion to deal with psychological situations as per Ayurveda, the roots of the ideas are discovered to be unfold in trendy drugs laying the inspiration for improvement of varied aspects of modern-day psychiatry.
Some rules just like the Ayurveda model of shock remedy can’t be practiced as such in modern-day method in direction of psychiatric sicknesses however their altered variations or remodulated approaches taking their essence could be designed and introduced into play for complete ends in therapeutic the ailing minds. The purpose is to understand that Ayurveda had burdened upon so many dimensions of approaches in direction of coping with thoughts problems.
