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
- Certain medications
- 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
- Irritability
- Weakness
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
Internal administration
- Brahmighrita
- Saraswataghrita
- Kalyanakaghrita
- Dasamolaghrita
- Mahakalyanaka Ghrita
- Aswagandharista
- Saraswartarishta
- Brahmivati
- Medhyavati
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
The patient needs to be seated in a meditative posture with the head and spine erect, with the body relaxed. The patient has to close his one nostril (e.g. left nostril if using the right hand and vice versa) with the thumb and exhale completely through the other nostril. Again, he will have to breathe in deeply through the other nostril while the opposite nostril is still closed with the thumb.
- Shavasana – relaxes the body and mind
- Bhastrika pranayama
RESEARCH PAPERS ON DEPRESSION
- Ayurvedic management of manodukkaja unmada: a case report
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