Abstract

ROLE OF KAPHA DOSHA IN DEPRESSION –A REVIEW

*Dr. Shivangee Jain, Dr. Sanjay Shukla and Dr. Aruna Ojha

Abstract

Mankind is facing new challenges in the form of various diseases the non-communicable are the focus of current era dominance of mental health and mental disease cannot be ignored, As much as our life is becoming sedentary and physical work is replaced by mental / intellectual work, number of health issues related to mind (psych) is increasing. Depression is one of them and affecting large number of population. Ayurveda always emphasized on mind and first among the health sciences who advocated mental health. Doshas are basic constituents and regulatory entities of body. They are divided in to two group sharirik vata pitta, kapha and Manasik, satva raja and tama although satva is not considered as dosha it is guna of mind. These dosha are not entirely separated from other they are interlinked and have impact on each other as vata, pitta, kapha have raja, satvo-raja,tamas dominance respectively.Sharirik doshas influence manasik doshas and leads to various psychcological problems. Depression is one of them which have dominance of tamas and kapha.

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