2022, Vol. 3, Issue 2, Part A

An attempt is made to collect all the available ayurvedic material on mano-vikar and its treatment in present scenario and other related aspects like method of examination, prevention etc.

Ayurveda is one of the oldest medical systems, which comprises thousands of medical concepts. Mainly it aims at preservation & promotion of health, prevention of diseases. Basically there are three factors for origin of any disease that is asatmaindriyartha samyoga, prajnaparadha and parinama (time). Role of swastavritta, yoga, naisthiki chikitsa is very important in management of manovikar. A healthy mind in a healthy body constitutes absolute health. Ayurveda constitution is composed of three doshas and their imbalances cause diseases. Vata imbalance typically cause anxiety, pitta cause anger and kapha cause depression. Mental health imbalances are also caused by genetic and external factors, the effect of time, a misuse of our senses or knowingly doing something that harms the health like overeating or engaging in violent argument. So we will study about manovikar and its treatment in detail.