Abstract

MANAS VIKARA IN SUTIKA: - A REVIEW

Dr. Veena Ajay Patil*, Dr. Bhagyashri Mahavir Khot and Dr. Kiran Shankar Singh

Abstract

In today’s era families, especially in cities are nucleated, so the burden of childcare completely falls on the puerperal women. She has to take care of the baby as well as of herself. This creates excessive physical as well as mental exertion on her. Also most of the women are working these days so they have to manage work along with their pregnancies which puts a toil on their health. If during pregnancy period proper garbhini paricharya is not followed and the women continues with her office work than it puts strain on her leading to vitiation of sharirik and manasik doshas, particularly prokapa of vata dosha. During the delivery process there is naturally increased vata which will undergo furthermore vitiation in sutika avastha if not pacified with sutika paricharya. This vitiated vata will enter manovaha srotas leading to its dushti, thus creating manas vikaras in sutika. Here Ayurveda plays a significant role by giving various paricharyas and aushadhis before, during and after delivery to relieve the women from all the physical and mental strain she has been through during the labour process. All the treatment told in manas rogas should also be used in treating sutika manas rogas.

Keywords: Manas vikara, sutika, sutika paricharya, post partum period, puerperal psychosis.