DEPRESSION- Ayurvedic Treatment, Diet, Exercises, Yoga & Pranayama

Depression is a mood disorder that affects people’s moods and behaviors. The feeling of sadness and hopelessness are the major symptoms.

  • SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION
  • CAUSES OF DEPRESSION
  • PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF DEPRESSION
  • DIAGNOSIS OF DEPRESSION
  • TREATMENTS FOR DEPRESSION
  • PROGNOSIS OF DEPRESSION
  • COMPLICATIONS OF DEPRESSION
  • DEPRESSION AND AYURVEDA
  • NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF DEPRESSION
  • PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION
  • SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF DEPRESSION
  • LAKSHANA- AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION
  • AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF DEPRESSION
  • CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR DEPRESSION
  • AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR DEPRESSION
  • AYURVEDIC LOCAL TREATMENT FOR DEPRESSION
  • COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR DEPRESSION
  • HOME REMEDIES FOR DEPRESSION
  • DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR DEPRESSION
  • YOGA FOR DEPRESSION
  • RESEARCH PAPERS ON DEPRESSION

 

 

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION

  • Withdrawing from family
  • Increased appetite or anorexia
  • Weight gain
  • Intense irritability
  • Diminished ability to think clearly, concentrate or make decisions
  • Restlessness
  • oversleeping

 

CAUSES OF DEPRESSION

  • Genetic reasons
  • Certains médicaments
  • Sadful events in life
  • Problems in family or workplace
  • Physical illness
  • Substance abuse

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF DEPRESSION

Although there is considerable evidence for a preeminent role for three monoamine systems,  serotonin (5HT), norepinephrine (NE), and dopamine (DA), in the pathogenesis of depression, depression involves other circuits including neuropeptide systems such as corticotropin-releasing factor(CRF) and glutamate and GABA circuits.

DIAGNOSIS OF DEPRESSION

  • Proper History taking
  • Laboratory tests to find out hormonal changes like thyroid hormone.

TREATMENTS FOR DEPRESSION

  • Counseling
  • Antidepressants

 

PROGNOSIS OF DEPRESSION

  • Early diagnosis and treatment help to manage the symptoms related to depression.

COMPLICATIONS OF DEPRESSION

  • Recurrent thoughts of death or suicide
  • Substance abuse

DEPRESSION AND AYURVEDA

  • In Ayurveda depression can be called as kaphaja unmada or soka unmada.

NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF DEPRESSION

  • Prohibited, spoiled or unclean food
  • Certain poisons
  • Trying to do the impossible deeds
  • Excessive, grief and sorrow
  • Excessive vitiation of doshas
  • Loss of such things as wealth or property friends

PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION

  • Intense irritability may be found as an initial symptom.

SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF DEPRESSION

The vitiated doshas first affect buddi and smrti which are located in the heart, and then travels to manas through the srota-which may be viewed as a functional circulatory or nervous system, leads to irritability in the manas (mind).

LAKSHANA- AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION

  • Hopelessness
  • Mood swings
  • Irritabilité
  • Faiblesse

AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF DEPRESSION

  • Symptoms are manageable with proper Ayurvedic treatments

CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR DEPRESSION

AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR DEPRESSION

  • Brahmighrita
  • Brahmi swarasa – juice of Bacopa monnieri
  • Saraswataghrita
  • Kalyanakaghrita
  • Dasamolaghrita
  • Aswagandharista
  • Shankpushpi churna

AYURVEDIC LOCAL TREATMENT FOR DEPRESSION

  • Murdha taila – oil application on the head
  • Shirodhara
  • Abhyanga – oil massage on the body

 

COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR DEPRESSION

Administration interne

 

HOME REMEDIES FOR DEPRESSION

  • Enhance communications with family members
  • Always engaged in activities

 

DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR DEPRESSION

  • Avoid food items which produce dosha imbalance like cold and dry food, hard to digest. Because dosha imbalance aggravates the symptoms.
  • Consume easily digestible nutritious food items, cow’s milk, and ghee.
  • Oil massage on the head is advised.
  • Advice regular exercise

YOGA FOR DEPRESSION

  • Nadi Shuddi Pranayam – Calms the mind

 

Le patient doit être assis dans une position méditative, la tête et la colonne vertébrale droites, le corps détendu. Le patient doit fermer une narine (par exemple la narine gauche s'il utilise la main droite et vice versa) avec le pouce et expirer complètement par l'autre narine. Il devra à nouveau inspirer profondément par l'autre narine tout en continuant à fermer la narine opposée avec le pouce.

 

  • Shavasana – relaxes the body and mind
  • Bhastrika pranayama

RESEARCH PAPERS ON DEPRESSION

  1. Ayurvedic management of manodukkaja unmada: a case report

 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329793502_AYURVEDIC_MANAGEMENT_OF_MANODUKKAJA_UNMADA_A_CASE_REPORT