Article by Dr Raghuram Y.S. MD (Ay) & Dr Manasa, B.A.M.S
Sattvavajaya Chikitsa is one among the many Trividha Chikitsa i.e. threefold therapies defined by Grasp Charaka (Ref – Cha.Su.11/54). It is among the most vital remedy inclusions in combating psychological issues.
The opposite two therapies embrace Daiva Vyapashraya Chikitsa (divine therapies) & Yukti Vyapashraya Chikitsa.
Typically Sattvavajaya is skillfully mixed with one among these two therapies or each of them. Many occasions, Sattvavajaya itself turns into an important and handiest remedy for psychological issues and may be administered singly. In gentle to average circumstances afflicting the thoughts sattvavajaya chikitsa which incorporates the modern-day psychotherapy and cognitive behavioral remedy (CBT) and prolonged periods of counseling might be simply sufficient to supply complete outcomes.
Sattvavajaya Chikitsa may be thought-about as a psychological medication. Being a non-pharmacological method, it’s a massive and obligatory a part of comprehensively treating the psychological issues and likewise to stability the thoughts doshas.
On this article I shall restrict my dialogue to ‘the significance of administering Sattvavajaya Chikitsa as a key technique within the remedy of psychological issues’.
Sattvavajaya Chikitsa – Psychotherapy in combating Psychological Problems
Purpose of Sattvavajaya Chikitsa in psychological issues
Sattvavajaya Chikitsa goals at regaining and reestablishing regular psychological actions and creates a stability within the thoughts and its attributes. That is achieved by conducting / training Yama, Niyama and Pranayama regularly. It’s correlated to and termed as ‘Ayurveda Psychotherapy or Trance Remedy’.
Analysis – A selected analysis has proved that Sattvavajaya Chikitsa is superior to tablets of Zingiber officinale (Shunti, ginger) within the remedy of Ajeerna brought on by Manasika Dosha i.e. atonic dyspepsia.
Sattvavajaya Chikitsa is a selected line of remedy for efficient administration of psychological issues and likewise to stability the doshas associated to the thoughts i.e. rajas and tamas attributes. It’s a non-pharmacological method equal to psychotherapy.
Sattvavajaya, phrase that means,
Sattvavajaya phrase division – The phrase Sattvavajaya includes of two phrases i.e. Sattva = thoughts, Avajaya = to win, to beat, victory, conquer. So, Sattvavajaya means ‘controlling one’s thoughts’ or ‘bringing the thoughts to a state of stability’.
When the objective is achieved, the affected person would have conquered his or her ‘disturbed or diseased thoughts’.
The goal of Sattvavajaya Chikitsa is ‘to manage the thoughts by restraining it from untoward wishes, attachments or getting drawn to untoward worldly objects, wishes or pleasures, which in true sense are the primary causes for imbalance of thoughts and its attributes and subsequent growth of psychological issues’.
It additionally goals at rising the sattva guna of the thoughts.
Sattvavajaya Chikitsa
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Will increase Sattva Guna of the thoughts which
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Suppresses and balances aggravated / imbalanced rajas and tamas qualities of the thoughts
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Thoughts returns to a state of stability
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Psychological issues get cured
Definition of Sattvavajaya
“Sattvavajayah punah ahitebhyo arthebhyo mano nigrahah”
Any remedy or measure which helps in controlling the thoughts and retaining it indifferent from the ahita arthas i.e. undesirable, unwholesome, undesired and incompatible objects of sense organs and or thoughts known as as Sattvavajaya Chikitsa.
In sattvavajaya Chikitsa, the individual is educated to realize management over the senses and thoughts objects and preserve oneself indifferent from pointless, unwholesome objects which may harm the thoughts and its functioning.
Sattvavajaya in psychological issues brought on by ‘Asatmya Indriyartha Sannikarsha’
Asatmya Indriyartha Sannikarsha means improper coordination between the sense organ and its associated sense object. It is among the main causes for the manifestation of illnesses. This improper coordination can occur in 3 ways i.e.
– Hina yoga – deficit contact,
– Ati yoga – extreme contact and
– Mithya yoga – perverted contact
The thoughts is invariably concerned in all these three sorts of improper coordination. Subsequently, asatmya indriyartha sannikarsha associated to any sense organ will finally lead to damaging the thoughts and trigger psychological issues in the long term.
Equally, hina, ati and mithya yoga of thoughts with its personal objects i.e. pondering (chintya), analyzing (vicharya), creativeness (uhya), focusing (dhyeya) and dedication (sankalpa) additionally results in psychological issues.
Sattvavajaya Chikitsa due to this fact consists of avoiding these untoward associations i.e. asatmya samyogas associated to the sense organs and thoughts as described above. It will assist in comprehensively treating psychiatric / psychological issues. This can even assist in prevention of psychological issues from manifesting or their recurrence.
Measures included below Sattvavajaya
Grasp Charaka has specified ‘Sattvavajaya Chikitsa’ for balancing the disordered rajas and tamas qualities, that are additionally the doshas of the thoughts, which are likely to trigger psychological issues when deranged. Additionally it is the first remedy for Manasika Rogas – psychological issues.
The beneath talked about 5 are the measures / therapies or methods included below Sattvavajaya Chikitsa and needs to be utilized skillfully within the remedy of psychological issues. They’ve particular person significance within the remedy of manasika rogas, however a skillful mix of two or extra of those measures as and when wanted might be a strategic win for comprehensively tackling the psychological issues. So, a doctor needs to be properly versed in understanding these entities to their fullest and likewise to incorporate them within the remedy plan and administer them judiciously.
The 5 remedy methods of Sattvavajaya Chikitsa embrace –
1. Jnana – rising knowledge / intelligence and thought course of / data / conscience / consciousness
2. Vijnana – rising profane data or understanding / discernment / judgment / consciousness / comprehension / notion
3. Dhairya – putting in braveness
4. Smriti – adopting measures to appropriate the reminiscence course of / to reinforce and restore reminiscence
5. Samadhi – meditation
Some consultants have used the beneath talked about phrases, which when correctly understood may be comprehensively included in Sattvavajaya Chikitsa. Although they haven’t been talked about in Grasp Charaka’s classification, they are often included in a single amongst these elite 5. They’re –
– Harshana – inflicting pleasure / happiness / gladdening / delight / pleasure
– Ashwasana – offering assurance / encouragement
These measures are used to activate and conquer the thoughts which has been derailed, deliver it to correct monitor and therapeutic it comprehensively.
Advantages and position of Sattvavajaya Chikitsa within the remedy of Psychological issues
There are a lot of facets which can be put into disarray when an individual suffers from psychological dysfunction of any sort. Sattvavajaya Chikitsa when carried out skillfully, both individually or together with different therapies like Daiva Vyapashraya Chikitsa, Yukti Vyapashraya Chikitsa or each will yield promising outcomes and assist in not solely curing the psychological issues, but additionally to stop them from recurring.
The dhi – mind, dhruti – braveness and decision-making capability and smriti – reminiscence – are the three vital operational zone with which the thoughts is linked. All these entities are depending on the data or knowledge we get by way of our experiences and perceptions. Thoughts is an important bridge by way of which we get linked to the exterior world by way of our senses and achieve all experiences which might in later a part of time change into data, knowledge or recollections.
The roots of psychological issues are in asatmya indriyartha sannikarsha – improper coordination between the sense organs and sense objects – which can by of deficit, extra or perverted varieties, prajnaparadha – mental blasphemy i.e. committing acutely aware sins and errors and kala parinama – the impact of time, which isn’t below our management.
Sattvavajaya helps as a tenet for an individual to know these items as etiological components of his or her psychological disturbances and escape of their captivity by detaching themselves from asatmya indriyartha samyoga and prajnaparadha and therefore stop the deviations and deflections which could happen in dhi, Dhriti, and or smriti. Sattvavajaya additionally helps in streaming the dhi, Dhriti and smriti to the road of stability. All these may be achieved by way of numerous measures and interventions included below its umbrella, together with jnana, vijnana, dhairya, smriti and samadhi. Thus, we are able to say that Sattvavajaya is the important thing to stability the mind, judgment, perseverance and reminiscence and their operational facets and channelize them right into a zone of positivity which is once more a basis for complete psychological well being. Sattvavajaya is each preventive and healing.
The 5 elements of Sattvavajaya Chikitsa talked about by Grasp Charaka are undoubtedly the gamechangers within the remedy of psychological issues. They’re –
– jnana – selling and creating consciousness of religious data
– vijnana – selling and creating consciousness of scriptural or scientific data
– dhairya – instilling braveness or encouraging the affected person, serving to her or him to realize psychological restraint,
– smrti – serving to out the affected person to deal with recollections – settle for and save good recollections, and flush off the dangerous recollections that are dangerous on the long term
– samadhi – serving to in growth of focus and focus
They are often administered both individually or skillfully mixed to realize the objective of conquering the thoughts and channelizing it in correct and optimistic path. It will assist in ‘thoughts therapeutic’ and to eliminate psychological issues.
In psychological impairments and illnesses, one would have misplaced management on regulating and channelizing his or her thought processes, planning and executing the fitting concepts, taking proper choices, braveness and dedication. This is able to create negativity, fears and pointless blocks within the channels associated to thoughts. Sattvavajaya helps in gaining again the management over these entities and in reinstalling braveness, dedication and focus. The individual will be taught to channelize his or her ideas and produce them into motion. Sattvavajaya can even assist the individual in understanding the actions below plan and likewise their penalties. This is able to assist him to steer clear of the obsessive errors and sins that one is compelled to do. All these may be achieved by way of the notice and consciousness which have gotten channelized by way of implementation of sattvavajaya chikitsa.
Psychological issues like unmada – madness or psychoses and attatvabhinivesha – schizophrenia / continual psychological issues would put an individual in a state whereby he wouldn’t be able to differentiating between good and dangerous, true and false, helpful and non-beneficial. These issues want complete method and all three remedy modalities together with daiva vyapashraya, yukti vyapashraya and sattvavajaya chikitsa needs to be included and assuredly mixed. Sattvavajaya helps in differentiating the above-mentioned entities and establishing psychological well being.
Chitta Vrittis i.e. actions of the thoughts may be extremely deviating for the thoughts. The thoughts will take pleasure in unwholesome objects. Because of this, the data perceived might be faulty and dangerous. They are going to be saved as dangerous and dangerous recollections solely to get surfed in at a later level of time. Sattvavajaya Chikitsa will assist the individual to maintain indifferent from undesirable and unwholesome objects and likewise to restrain from the ideation of such objects. In doing so, the position and advantages of sattvavajaya is nearly related to what’s achieved by common follow of Yoga.
Vikara or roga i.e. a state of being diseased known as ‘dukha’ i.e. grief or discomfort. Then again, Arogya i.e. a state of being wholesome known as as ‘sukha’ i.e. happiness or consolation. Dukha and Sukha are states of thoughts. Sattvavajaya helps in eliminating dukkha and attaining sukha and therefore allows one to change into wholesome and handle that state.
Sattvavajaya, additionally helps in establishing equilibrium and a state of calmness in atma – soul, indriya – senses and manas – thoughts. These three are among the many determinants of Swasthya within the Ayurveda definition of complete well being.
This remedy helps one in main a cheerful, peaceable, satisfying, content material and productive life. By conditioning the thoughts and channels associated to it, sattvavajaya chikitsa helps in establishing psychological peace, well being and stability.
Sattvavajaya Chikitsa goals at balancing the manasika doshas – rajas and tamas. Rajas and tamas qualities when elevated or aggravated, will trigger imbalances within the thoughts and its capabilities. Rajas and Tamas are the doshas of the thoughts and imbalance of their equilibrium offers an acceptable basis for the psychological issues to develop. Then again if sattva guna of the thoughts dominates over the rajas and tamas qualities, sattva guna wouldn’t permit the opposite two attributes to specific. That is thought-about as a state of psychological stability. Sattvavajaya Chikitsa wouldn’t solely lower the aggravation of raja and tama qualities of the thoughts however would additionally improve the sattva attribute of the thoughts.
Sattvavajaya Chikitsa can also be a ‘de-stressing’ remedy. It is a vital gamechanger in those that are present process huge stress at totally different phases of life. Aside from offering reduction for psychological and emotional stress, it additionally helps in attaining religious knowledge and bliss.
Associated Studying – ‘Advantages of Sattvavajaya Chikitsa’
Different aspects, numerous dimensions and views of Sattvavajaya Chikitsa
Trivarga, Prajnaparadha and Sattvavajaya Chikitsa
Trivarga – Dharma – righteous way of life, Artha – gaining wealth in righteous means and Kama – good and cheap wishes are thought-about to be the trivargas. They’re additionally the components of purushartha chatushtaya i.e. 4 targets of human life, the fourth one being the resultant of the above talked about three executed in a righteous means i.e. moksha – salvation. Grasp Charaka mentions ‘following the trivarga within the correct means’ is an efficient remedy for psychological issues. To do that, one must have a sane thoughts and dedication. When the thoughts is in a state of imbalance, one would do prajnaparadha resulting from rajas and tamas attributes going awry. Because of this, dharma, Artha and kama might be sought by way of non-righteous means. Sattvavajaya Chikitsa helps in achieving psychological stability and management, with which one would discover proper methods of conducting dharma, Artha and kama – which is able to assist in eliminating psychological issues and likewise would change into the pathway for moksha.
Associated Studying – ‘Trivarga and Sattvavajaya Chikitsa’
Function of the 5 therapies included in Sattvavajaya Chikitsa in treating Psychological Problems
a. Jnana – promotion of cognition and its advantages in psychotherapy
Jnana / Prajna means data or consciousness or cognition. Particularly it’s meant to clarify religious data.
Jnana remedy, which is a type of Sattvavajaya Chikitsa goals at numerous strategies of enhancing Jnana and its key elements i.e. dhi – mind, Dhriti – braveness or resolution and smriti – reminiscence.
When Jnana is promoted, the individual begins introspecting and understanding the cores of internal self. He’ll begin differentiating between good and dangerous, helpful and non-beneficial, helpful and dangerous facets clearly. It is going to assist one to keep away from faulty and detrimental methods of pondering and instill positivity. The individual will find yourself experiencing the true worth of self, atma and paramatma and the philosophy and spirituality of life, which is the muse for procuring a sane, balanced and wholesome thoughts. The Jnana remedy can even assist in therapeutic the ailing thoughts and enriching the thoughts’s well being.
Within the course of, not solely rajas and tamas qualities that are the primary culprits in causation of psychological issues are balanced, however the Jnana remedy additionally fine-tones dhi, Dhriti and smriti elements – which types the muse for one to obtain psychological stability and eliminate psychological issues if any.
From the trendy medication / psychiatry standpoint, many therapies like auto-correction, religious understanding, reattribution strategies and decentering may be included below the umbrella of Jnana remedy.
Associated Studying – ‘Jnana – Non secular Information, Function in Sattvavajaya Chikitsa’
b. Vijnana – promotion of worldly or scriptural data
Vijnana is a remedy included in sattvavajaya chikitsa and has been outlined as ‘Shastra Jnanam’ which suggests scriptural, scientific or textual data.
The scriptural data will assist an individual to know the worldly affairs in a greater means. The doctor shall prepare the individual in direction of complete and scientific interpretation and understanding in regards to the scriptural data. This can be a pathway wherein the doctor shall switch his vijnana to the affected person. This helps the affected person to know the standard and magnitude of his bodily or psychological or psychosomatic illnesses and preserve knowledgeable about the identical. It will assist her or him in combating their well being points, psychological issues on this context and preserve them in verify. This can even assist them in understanding the character of the thoughts, its qualities, capabilities, disturbances, issues and methods to stop, management or deal with the fluctuations occurring within the thoughts. Initially this may be executed with the assistance, steering and monitoring by a doctor or Ayurveda psychiatrist. Later, when the individual learns the ‘self-help’ strategies, he could make a follow of controlling his thoughts and the fluctuations therein. Subsequently, the scriptures, the outline discovered therein and its scientific translation and understanding is essential in understanding and coping with psychological illnesses. The scriptures are due to this fact thought-about as vital testimonials and consultant of true and unadulterated data in Ayurveda.
Vijnana helps in understanding the thoughts video games and its subtleties. It trains and guides the ailing individual or in any other case to manage up with psychological fluctuations, their causes and triggers and methods of coping up with detrimental feelings, stress and thoughts imbalances and likewise offers capability to cope with them in the best means.
One would get the data of pravritti i.e. attachment and nivrutti i.e. detachment which is the muse for discriminating between good and dangerous in concern with thoughts well being. This helps in stopping many psychological issues because the individual will be taught to steer clear of the causative components and triggers. She or he can even be taught to reply and behave to varied stimuli in a managed means.
Aside from controlling rajas and tamas doshas of the thoughts, Vijnana will assist in enhancing the sattva guna too. By doing so, it’s going to lay a basis in direction of gaining complete psychological well being and stability. Subsequently, it is a perfect remedy in direction of prevention and treatment of psychological issues.
From the angle of the advantages it bestows, Vijnana remedy is nearly equal to Cognitive Behavioral Remedy (CBT).
Vijnana may be understood within the that means of comprehension, notion, judgment, profane understanding, discernment or consciousness. Vijnana goals at enhancing these qualities.
Enhanced Vijnana will assist one in controlling the thoughts and its attributes, to stability the psychological doshas i.e. rajas and tamas and to reinforce the sattva guna. This can be a basis course in direction of studying to not do prajnaparadha i.e. acutely aware and obsessive errors or sins which is the primary trigger for a lot of psychological issues. This additionally helps in prevention and treatment of psychological issues.
Vijnana is an ocean consisting of many varieties of data, together with these of science, life science and artwork of mixing with worldly affairs, understanding body-mind relationship, social and private conducts, dietetic and life-style rules and practices, pathology and remedy of psychological issues, preventive data and so forth.
Vijnana entails behavioral strategies and the methods of growing these abilities and placing them to fixed use which is able to in flip assist in treating psychiatric and psychosomatic illnesses comprehensively.
Vijnana can also be a happiness science. As a thoughts phenomenon it helps us in understanding many issues within the appropriate sense in order that we are able to mix with nature and the world round us, really feel ourselves as part of it and dwell a cheerful and blissful life. It additionally offers one with a readability in direction of actions to be taken on the idea of procured data.
Vijnana trains one in social abilities which additional helps in correcting the disturbed behaviors and behavioral deficits.
Associated Studying – ‘Vijnana – Scriptural, Scientific or Worldly Information – Educative method and its position in Sattvavajaya Chikitsa’
c. Dhairya / Aashvasana Chikitsa – reassurance as part of sattvavajaya chikitsa
Dhairya – means braveness or confidence. As a remedy it entails instilling braveness and confidence within the hearts of the sufferers. It’s of utmost significance for individuals who have much less braveness or confidence. It may be used as a remedy for these having avara sattva i.e. weak minded. Offering assurance or confidence or braveness to these in need of that could be a half and parcel of sattvavajaya chikitsa i.e. physiotherapy. Dhairya is a sub-therapy included in sattvavajaya chikitsa. Some even name this as ashwasana chikitsa, ashwasana means reassuring the individual which is able to in flip instill braveness in her or him.
Aside from instilling braveness, dhairya remedy additionally relieves fears and boosts self-confidence. It additionally generates a wave of hope enabling the individual to see mild on the finish of the tunnel.
On this path, it will be important for the doctor to have one-to-one speak with the affected person. He must also clarify the character of the illness to the sufferers. It will assist the sufferers to know what is going on to them and develop an perception into the illness.
The doctor ought to observe the identical method in order to clarify the remedy procedures that the affected person can be present process within the coming days. He shall additionally preserve the affected person intimated and conscious in regards to the causative components, triggers, causes for flare ups and recurrences and different aspects of the illness. Sufferers must also be educated in regards to the preventive measures and precautions which they should know and likewise inculcate the identical into their lives. It will assist in prevention of many illnesses.
Dhairya as a remedy will generate braveness and confidence within the minds of the sufferers and assist them conquer their fears. It will strengthen their sattvika high quality of the thoughts. They are going to be able to face any hardships of life and conquer their fears strongly. Dhairya is a software to stop and treatment psychological issues.
Associated Studying – ‘Dhairya / Aashvasana Chikitsa – reassurance and braveness remedy, Function in Sattvavajaya Chikitsa’
d. Smriti Chikitsa – fine-toning Reminiscence as part of sattvavajaya chikitsa
Smriti which suggests reminiscence, is an intervention which is included below the umbrella of Sattvavajaya Chikitsa defined by Grasp Charaka.
When used as a remedy it’s used to revive and improve the reminiscence by balancing smriti bhramsha i.e. perversions of reminiscence by utilizing many strategies. When not part of Sattvavajaya Chikitsa, reminiscence may be enhanced or balanced by utilizing efficient medicines and therapies in that path.
Smriti remedy is used to take away or delete dangerous and undesirable recollections and restore or set up good and needed recollections. The individual is made to neglect painful and traumatic recollections which may trigger many psychological issues when left unflushed. Dangerous recollections are additionally sources of every kind of grief, fear, nervousness, despair, concern and different dangerous feelings. Smriti remedy consists of changing the recollections, dangerous ones with good ones.
Smriti Vibhramsha and Prajnaparadha, resulting in psychological issues – Smriti or reminiscence is among the schools of manas, the thoughts. Dhi and Dhriti are the opposite two. One may have a wholesome and balanced thoughts when these three schools are in a state of stability. Then again, one would undergo from many sorts of psychological issues when a number of of the dhi, Dhriti or smriti or imbalanced or disturbed.
Smriti is outlined as – ‘Drushta Shruta Anubhutanam Smaranat Smritih Uchyate’ which suggests ‘Smriti is remembering or recollecting the data of something that’s perceived by way of seeing (observing), listening to or experiencing’.
Mano Vibhramsha i.e. perversion of thoughts is a mind-set when there’s perversion of the colleges of the thoughts. When one does any motion below the affect of mano vibhramsha it will likely be known as as prajnaparadha i.e. acutely aware errors or sins.
Sattvavajaya Chikitsa or Ayurveda psychotherapy goals at correcting these schools and bringing them to their precise line of operation establishing serene stability in them, and therefore therapeutic the thoughts comprehensively. That is how the correction of the smriti part turns into an vital part of sattvavajaya chikitsa.
Reminiscence manipulation – It’s a side of sattvavajaya chikitsa. The sufferers are educated to investigate their recollections. They’re guided to delete and eliminate dangerous and undesirable recollections and substitute new and good recollections of their place. One can do that both voluntarily or being guided by their psychotherapist. It will educate the individual to maintain away the dangerous and detrimental feelings or stimuli / triggers and on the opposite aspect to develop and nurture positivity inside.
This may help individuals having weak reminiscence and when reminiscence is required to eliminate the illnesses.
Different advantages
One would want good reminiscence to observe the directions given by the doctor associated to prescription, food regimen, life-style and behavioral adjustments and likewise dose types of medicines in order that she or he recovers in fast time. Smriti helps one to recollect his or her illness and its signs and likewise keep in mind restoration and development of remedy. Smriti helps one to bear in mind about attachment and detachment and the results of the identical. All these assist in complete psychosomatic therapeutic.
Smriti Bhramsha – i.e. perversion of reminiscence is the foundation of prajnaparadha and prajnaparadha is the foundation for all psychiatric diseases and illnesses. That is one such situation which calls for reminiscence manipulation by way of smriti remedy. It may be present in illnesses like unmada, apasmara and atattvabhinivesha.
Associated Studying – ‘Smriti – reminiscence, recall – Cognitive Method, Function in Sattvavajaya Chikitsa’
e. Samadhi – inducing Samadhi – meditation or focus like state as part of Sattvavajaya chikitsa
Samadhi is the fifth software or intervention included in Sattvavajaya Chikitsa by Grasp Charaka. It is among the elite eight branches of Ashtanga Yoga. It’s a state of utmost and supreme stability of thoughts and of unwavering focus. It’s a kind of Yogic psychotherapy
Samadhi, as a remedy, is the most effective software to deal with these affected by continual psychological or psychosomatic issues. Samadhi would cut back wavering, fluctuations and confusions within the thoughts. It will bestow focus, focus and tranquility which is utmost wanted for therapeutic and stability of thoughts.
Samadhi is of utmost significance in psychiatric interventions as a result of many of the illnesses one suffers in lifetime are psychosomatic in nature. The individual’s thoughts will all the time be invested within the illness and its signs and in continual illnesses the illness turns into a behavior and half and parcel of these affected by it. The detachment and flush-out is required. The ‘illness ideas’ would consistently trouble and waver the thoughts resulting in totally different gradients of stress, fear, despair and nervousness. That is the primary supply for agitation and worsening of any psychological illness and can also be true for worsening of bodily and psychosomatic illnesses.
In such a state, the thoughts must be pulled again to the axis of stability which might undoubtedly be achieved by making use of numerous Yoga strategies. Samadhi is a type of Yogic leisure which can also be part of psychotherapy.
Grasp Patanjali defines Yoga as ‘Chitta Vritti Nirodha’. Chitta Vritti Nirodha includes strategies and measures to manage the fluctuant and uncontrolled actions of the thoughts and likewise channelizing it in a correct pathway. Gaining management over the thoughts and thoughts actions is nothing however ‘self-control’. Chitta Vritti Nirodha additionally means ‘management over the sense organs and their topics’. These schools are below the management of the manas – thoughts.
Chitta Vrittis – Chitta Vrittis are the ideas which trigger thoughts cluttering. In its regular state, chitta i.e. thoughts (reminiscence, consciousness) is secure and balanced. Vrittis are these fluctuant waves which trigger fluctuations and wavering within the secure thoughts and produce about instability therein. Apply of Yoga places brakes on the chitta vrittis and therefore brings about calmness within the thoughts. This retains the thoughts indifferent from cluttering ideas. Chitta Vritti Nirodha not solely reduces stress but additionally will increase self-awareness. Chitta Vrittis are the thought patterns that might stop an individual from seeing and realizing the reality in regards to the Self and the world wherein she or he lives.
this from an Ayurveda perspective – Sattva, Rajas and Tamas are the trigunas i.e. three primary attributes of the manas that are additionally liable for creation of the universe. All psychological occasions taking place in us are brought on by these attributes and fluctuations taking place in them. The imbalances in sattva and so forth. attributes are liable for indulgence of 1 within the objects and fluctuations and wavering taking place within the thoughts.
Wavering doesn’t happen in sattva since it’s not a dosha and is a state of stability. Rajas and Tamas are the doshas of thoughts. It’s these two attributes that endure fluctuations resulting in chitta vrittis of various varieties. Imbalances occurring in raja and tama qualities of the thoughts will afflict the stability of thoughts and likewise that of sattva attributes of the thoughts. Sattvavajaya Chikitsa goals at balancing raja and tama qualities and to reinforce or stability the sattva guna.
Associated Studying – ‘Samadhi – inducing Samadhi like state, a type of Yogic Psychotherapy as part of Sattvavajaya Chikitsa’.
Different inclusions in Sattvavajaya Chikitsa
Mano Kshobha Chikitsa – Shock or Psycho-shock remedy
The Ayurveda clarification of ‘Mano Kshobha Chikitsa’ may be included within the format of Sattvavajaya Chikitsa. It may be correlated with Psycho-shock remedy. The measures included herein as defined in Ayurveda treatises may be successfully utilized in administration of acute and continual psychological illnesses or exacerbations of signs of the identical. Subsequently, it’s utilized in remedy of a big selection of illnesses like Unmada – psychoses and Bhotonmada – continual idiopathic demonic psychiatric issues. Shock therapies will assist in restoring the affected person’s psyche. They can even assist in balancing the thoughts and senses of these affected by psychiatric illnesses.
Examples embrace – Trasana – threatening or terrorizing, Harshana – exhilaration, Vismapana – inflicting astonishment and so forth. These strategies will assist in change of ideation and the thoughts may be introduced again to its unique wholesome state. (Ref – For particulars – Learn Charaka Chikitsa 9/80)
The aim of those shock therapies might be therapeutic the thoughts despite them producing bodily ache and likewise psychological shock to the affected person. They’ll restore and reinstall normalcy and tranquility of thoughts. Kshobha Chikitsa acts on the strains of shock remedy or Electroconvulsive Remedy – ECT and also will bestow the identical advantages.
Pratidvandva Chikitsa – Reminiscence Alternative or Emotion Swap
This can be a type of neutralizing remedy wherein one excessive emotion is changed by yet one more reverse emotion in order to neutralize it. Pratidvandva Chikitsa is an integral a part of Sattvavajaya Chikitsa. Grasp Charaka has defined the identical in Charaka Chikitsa Chapter 9 (9/86) within the context of Unmada Chiktisa – remedy of psychoses. It consists of changing detrimental concepts with new optimistic ideas and responses.
Sattva Pariksha and Sattva Chikitsa – Personalized analysis and remedy of psychological imbalances, Private Psychotherapy
By explaining the Sattva Prakara i.e. sorts of sattva or thoughts states, classification of particular person on the idea of trigunas (sattva, raja and tama), Sattva Pariksha amongst the Dashavidha Pariksha – the tenfold affected person examination and Satvasara Purusha Lakshanas i.e. options of an individual who’s enriched with balanced thoughts, Ayurveda has accepted the variants of conduct of thoughts and individuals who have such a mind-set. The collective data from these contexts additionally provides us an thought and classification of various psychic personalities i.e. manasika prakriti.
Equally, the opposite components among the many tenfold examination like prakriti, vikriti, sara, samhanana, desha, kala, vaya and so forth additionally needs to be thought-about together with the psychic character and conduct of people to arrange a correct framework of remedy method. Complete data of those entities will give a readability to the physicians dealing with the mano vikritis – psychological illnesses and imbalances in order to plan, customise and execute psychotherapies – sattvavajaya chikitsa as and when wanted on a person-to-person foundation.
To Sum Up,
Sattvavajaya Chikitsa is a vital part of the remedy protocol defined in Ayurveda. It’s used to comprehensively deal with psychiatric and psychosomatic issues and likewise bodily illnesses with psychological signs or psychological issues with bodily signs (psychosomatic issues). However mainly, it’s a basis remedy and obligatory inclusion to deal with psychological circumstances as per Ayurveda, the roots of the ideas are discovered to be unfold in fashionable medication laying the muse for growth of varied aspects of modern-day psychiatry.
Some rules just like the Ayurveda model of shock remedy can’t be practiced as such in modern-day method in direction of psychiatric diseases however their altered variations or remodulated approaches taking their essence may be designed and introduced into play for complete ends in therapeutic the ailing minds. The purpose is to understand that Ayurveda had careworn upon so many dimensions of approaches in direction of coping with thoughts issues.
