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 likely one of the most necessary therapy inclusions in combating psychological problems.
The opposite two therapies embrace Daiva Vyapashraya Chikitsa (divine therapies) & Yukti Vyapashraya Chikitsa.
Typically Sattvavajaya is skillfully mixed with considered one of these two therapies or each of them. Many occasions, Sattvavajaya itself turns into an important and best therapy for psychological problems and will be administered singly. In delicate to average instances afflicting the thoughts sattvavajaya chikitsa which incorporates the modern-day psychotherapy and cognitive behavioral remedy (CBT) and prolonged classes of counseling might be simply sufficient to provide complete outcomes.
Sattvavajaya Chikitsa will be thought of as a psychological medication. Being a non-pharmacological method, it’s a large and necessary a part of comprehensively treating the psychological problems and likewise to steadiness the thoughts doshas.
On this article I shall restrict my dialogue to ‘the significance of administering Sattvavajaya Chikitsa as a key technique within the therapy of psychological problems’.
Sattvavajaya Chikitsa – Psychotherapy in combating Psychological Issues
Goal of Sattvavajaya Chikitsa in psychological problems
Sattvavajaya Chikitsa goals at regaining and reestablishing regular psychological actions and creates a steadiness within the thoughts and its attributes. That is achieved by conducting / training Yama, Niyama and Pranayama frequently. It’s correlated to and termed as ‘Ayurveda Psychotherapy or Trance Remedy’.
Analysis – A specific analysis has proved that Sattvavajaya Chikitsa is superior to tablets of Zingiber officinale (Shunti, ginger) within the therapy of Ajeerna brought on by Manasika Dosha i.e. atonic dyspepsia.
Sattvavajaya Chikitsa is a selected line of therapy for efficient administration of psychological problems and likewise to steadiness 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 contains 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 steadiness’.
When the purpose is achieved, the affected person would have conquered his or her ‘disturbed or diseased thoughts’.
The intention of Sattvavajaya Chikitsa is ‘to regulate the thoughts by restraining it from untoward needs, attachments or getting interested in untoward worldly objects, needs or pleasures, which in true sense are the primary causes for imbalance of thoughts and its attributes and subsequent growth of psychological problems’.
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 steadiness
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Psychological problems get cured
Definition of Sattvavajaya
“Sattvavajayah punah ahitebhyo arthebhyo mano nigrahah”
Any therapy or measure which helps in controlling the thoughts and maintaining it indifferent from the ahita arthas i.e. undesirable, unwholesome, undesired and incompatible objects of sense organs and or thoughts is named as Sattvavajaya Chikitsa.
In sattvavajaya Chikitsa, the individual is educated to realize management over the senses and thoughts objects and hold oneself indifferent from pointless, unwholesome objects which may injury the thoughts and its functioning.
Sattvavajaya in psychological problems brought on by ‘Asatmya Indriyartha Sannikarsha’
Asatmya Indriyartha Sannikarsha means improper coordination between the sense organ and its associated sense object. It is likely one of 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 forms of improper coordination. Due to this fact, asatmya indriyartha sannikarsha associated to any sense organ will ultimately end in damaging the thoughts and trigger psychological problems 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 willpower (sankalpa) additionally results in psychological problems.
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. This can assist in comprehensively treating psychiatric / psychological problems. This can even assist in prevention of psychological problems from manifesting or their recurrence.
Measures included underneath 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 inclined to trigger psychological problems when deranged. It is usually the first therapy for Manasika Rogas – psychological problems.
The beneath talked about 5 are the measures / therapies or methods included underneath Sattvavajaya Chikitsa and needs to be utilized skillfully within the therapy of psychological problems. They’ve particular person significance within the therapy 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 problems. So, a doctor needs to be nicely versed in figuring out these entities to their fullest and likewise to incorporate them within the therapy plan and administer them judiciously.
The 5 therapy 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 will 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, carry it to correct monitor and therapeutic it comprehensively.
Advantages and position of Sattvavajaya Chikitsa within the therapy of Psychological problems
There are numerous elements which are put into disarray when an individual suffers from psychological dysfunction of any form. 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 problems, but additionally to stop them from recurring.
The dhi – mind, dhruti – braveness and decision-making capability and smriti – reminiscence – are the three necessary 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 related to the exterior world by way of our senses and achieve all experiences which might in later a part of time develop into data, knowledge or reminiscences.
The roots of psychological problems 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 aware sins and errors and kala parinama – the impact of time, which isn’t underneath our management.
Sattvavajaya helps as a suggestion for an individual to grasp 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 forestall 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 steadiness. All these will be achieved by way of varied measures and interventions included underneath its umbrella, together with jnana, vijnana, dhairya, smriti and samadhi. Thus, we will say that Sattvavajaya is the important thing to steadiness the mind, judgment, perseverance and reminiscence and their operational elements 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 parts of Sattvavajaya Chikitsa talked about by Grasp Charaka are positively the gamechangers within the therapy of psychological problems. 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 reminiscences – settle for and save good reminiscences, and flush off the unhealthy reminiscences 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 purpose of conquering the thoughts and channelizing it in correct and constructive path. This can assist in ‘thoughts therapeutic’ and to eliminate psychological problems.
In psychological impairments and illnesses, one would have misplaced management on regulating and channelizing his or her thought processes, planning and executing the precise concepts, taking proper selections, braveness and willpower. This may 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, willpower and focus. The individual will be taught to channelize his or her ideas and convey them into motion. Sattvavajaya can even assist the individual in understanding the actions underneath plan and likewise their penalties. This may assist him to steer clear of the obsessive errors and sins that one is compelled to do. All these will be achieved by way of the notice and consciousness which have gotten channelized by way of implementation of sattvavajaya chikitsa.
Psychological problems like unmada – madness or psychoses and attatvabhinivesha – schizophrenia / continual psychological problems would put an individual in a state whereby he wouldn’t be able to differentiating between good and unhealthy, true and false, helpful and non-beneficial. These problems want complete method and all three therapy 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 will be extremely deviating for the thoughts. The thoughts will bask in unwholesome objects. Consequently, the data perceived might be misguided and dangerous. They are going to be saved as unhealthy and dangerous reminiscences 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 sort of comparable to what’s achieved by common apply of Yoga.
Vikara or roga i.e. a state of being diseased is named ‘dukha’ i.e. grief or discomfort. Alternatively, Arogya i.e. a state of being wholesome is named 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 develop 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 contented, 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 steadiness.
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 features. Rajas and Tamas are the doshas of the thoughts and imbalance of their equilibrium offers an appropriate basis for the psychological problems to develop. Alternatively if sattva guna of the thoughts dominates over the rajas and tamas qualities, sattva guna wouldn’t enable the opposite two attributes to precise. That is thought of as a state of psychological steadiness. 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 be a ‘de-stressing’ remedy. It is a vital gamechanger in those that are present process huge stress at completely 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 sides, varied 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 needs are thought of to be the trivargas. They’re additionally the components of purushartha chatushtaya i.e. 4 objectives of human life, the fourth one being the resultant of the above talked about three carried out in a righteous means i.e. moksha – salvation. Grasp Charaka mentions ‘following the trivarga within the correct means’ is an effective remedy for psychological problems. To do that, one must have a sane thoughts and willpower. When the thoughts is in a state of imbalance, one would do prajnaparadha attributable to rajas and tamas attributes going awry. Consequently, dharma, Artha and kama might be sought by way of non-righteous means. Sattvavajaya Chikitsa helps in achieving psychological steadiness and management, with which one would discover proper methods of conducting dharma, Artha and kama – which is able to assist in eliminating psychological problems and likewise would develop into the pathway for moksha.
Associated Studying – ‘Trivarga and Sattvavajaya Chikitsa’
Function of the 5 therapies included in Sattvavajaya Chikitsa in treating Psychological Issues
a. Jnana – promotion of cognition and its advantages in psychotherapy
Jnana / Prajna means data or consciousness or cognition. Specifically it’s meant to elucidate religious data.
Jnana remedy, which is a type of Sattvavajaya Chikitsa goals at varied strategies of enhancing Jnana and its key parts i.e. dhi – mind, Dhriti – braveness or choice 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 unhealthy, helpful and non-beneficial, helpful and dangerous elements clearly. It would assist one to keep away from misguided and adverse 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 inspiration 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 problems are balanced, however the Jnana remedy additionally fine-tones dhi, Dhriti and smriti parts – which kinds the inspiration for one to acquire psychological stability and eliminate psychological problems if any.
From the fashionable medication / psychiatry perspective, many therapies like auto-correction, religious understanding, reattribution strategies and decentering will be included underneath the umbrella of Jnana remedy.
Associated Studying – ‘Jnana – Non secular Data, 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 grasp the worldly affairs in a greater means. The doctor shall prepare the individual in the direction of complete and scientific interpretation and understanding concerning the scriptural data. This can be a pathway during which the doctor shall switch his vijnana to the affected person. This helps the affected person to grasp the standard and magnitude of his bodily or psychological or psychosomatic illnesses and hold knowledgeable about the identical. This can assist her or him in combating their well being points, psychological problems on this context and hold them in examine. This can even assist them in understanding the character of the thoughts, its qualities, features, disturbances, problems and methods to stop, management or deal with the fluctuations occurring within the thoughts. Initially this may be carried out with the assistance, steerage and monitoring by a doctor or Ayurveda psychiatrist. Later, when the individual learns the ‘self-help’ strategies, he could make a apply of controlling his thoughts and the fluctuations therein. Due to this fact, the scriptures, the outline discovered therein and its scientific translation and understanding is essential in figuring out and coping with psychological illnesses. The scriptures are due to this fact thought of as necessary 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 adverse feelings, stress and thoughts imbalances and likewise offers capability to take care of them in the simplest means.
One would get the data of pravritti i.e. attachment and nivrutti i.e. detachment which is the inspiration for discriminating between good and unhealthy in concern with thoughts well being. This helps in stopping many psychological problems for the reason that 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 numerous 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’ll lay a basis in the direction of gaining complete psychological well being and stability. Due to this fact, it is a perfect remedy in the direction of prevention and remedy of psychological problems.
From the attitude of the advantages it bestows, Vijnana remedy is sort of equal to Cognitive Behavioral Remedy (CBT).
Vijnana will 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 steadiness the psychological doshas i.e. rajas and tamas and to reinforce the sattva guna. This can be a basis course in the direction of studying to not do prajnaparadha i.e. aware and obsessive errors or sins which is the primary trigger for a lot of psychological problems. This additionally helps in prevention and remedy of psychological problems.
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 laws and practices, pathology and therapy of psychological problems, preventive data and so on.
Vijnana includes behavioral strategies and the methods of creating these abilities and placing them to fixed use which is able to in flip assist in treating psychiatric and psychosomatic illnesses comprehensively.
Vijnana can be a happiness science. As a thoughts phenomenon it helps us in understanding many issues within the appropriate sense in order that we will mix with nature and the world round us, really feel ourselves as part of it and stay a contented and blissful life. It additionally offers one with a readability in the direction of actions to be taken on the premise 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 Data – 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 includes instilling braveness and confidence within the hearts of the sufferers. It’s of utmost significance for many who have much less braveness or confidence. It may be used as a therapy for these having avara sattva i.e. weak minded. Offering assurance or confidence or braveness to these in need of that may 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 gentle on the finish of the tunnel.
On this path, it can be crucial 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. This can assist the sufferers to grasp what is going on to them and develop an perception into the illness.
The doctor ought to comply with the identical method in order to elucidate the therapy procedures that the affected person can be present process within the coming days. He shall additionally hold the affected person intimated and conscious concerning the causative components, triggers, causes for flare ups and recurrences and different sides of the illness. Sufferers must also be educated concerning the preventive measures and precautions which they should know and likewise inculcate the identical into their lives. This can 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. This can 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 instrument to stop and remedy psychological problems.
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 underneath 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 will be enhanced or balanced by utilizing efficient medicines and therapies in that path.
Smriti remedy is used to take away or delete unhealthy and undesirable reminiscences and restore or set up good and needed reminiscences. The individual is made to neglect painful and traumatic reminiscences which may trigger many psychological problems when left unflushed. Unhealthy reminiscences are additionally sources of every kind of grief, fear, nervousness, melancholy, worry and different dangerous feelings. Smriti remedy consists of changing the reminiscences, unhealthy ones with good ones.
Smriti Vibhramsha and Prajnaparadha, resulting in psychological problems – Smriti or reminiscence is likely one of the colleges of manas, the thoughts. Dhi and Dhriti are the opposite two. One may have a wholesome and balanced thoughts when these three colleges are in a state of steadiness. Alternatively, one would undergo from many sorts of psychological problems 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 way of thinking when there’s perversion of the colleges of the thoughts. When one does any motion underneath the affect of mano vibhramsha will probably be known as as prajnaparadha i.e. aware errors or sins.
Sattvavajaya Chikitsa or Ayurveda psychotherapy goals at correcting these colleges and bringing them to their precise line of operation establishing serene steadiness in them, and therefore therapeutic the thoughts comprehensively. That is how the correction of the smriti part turns into an necessary part of sattvavajaya chikitsa.
Reminiscence manipulation – It’s a facet of sattvavajaya chikitsa. The sufferers are educated to investigate their reminiscences. They’re guided to delete and eliminate unhealthy and undesirable reminiscences and substitute new and good reminiscences of their place. One can do that both voluntarily or being guided by their psychotherapist. This can train the individual to maintain away the unhealthy and adverse feelings or stimuli / triggers and on the opposite facet to develop and nurture positivity inside.
This might help individuals having weak reminiscence and when reminiscence is required to eliminate the illnesses.
Different advantages
One would want good reminiscence to comply with the directions given by the doctor associated to prescription, weight loss program, life-style and behavioral modifications 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 bear in mind restoration and development of therapy. Smriti helps one to remember about attachment and detachment and the consequences 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 Strategy, Function in Sattvavajaya Chikitsa’
e. Samadhi – inducing Samadhi – meditation or focus like state as part of Sattvavajaya chikitsa
Samadhi is the fifth instrument or intervention included in Sattvavajaya Chikitsa by Grasp Charaka. It is likely one of the elite eight branches of Ashtanga Yoga. It’s a state of utmost and supreme steadiness of thoughts and of unwavering focus. It’s a kind of Yogic psychotherapy
Samadhi, as a remedy, is the very best instrument to deal with these affected by continual psychological or psychosomatic problems. Samadhi would scale back wavering, fluctuations and confusions within the thoughts. This can bestow focus, focus and tranquility which is utmost wanted for therapeutic and steadiness of thoughts.
Samadhi is of utmost significance in psychiatric interventions as a result of a lot of the illnesses one suffers in lifetime are psychosomatic in nature. The individual’s thoughts will at all times 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 continually trouble and waver the thoughts resulting in completely different gradients of stress, fear, melancholy and nervousness. That is the primary supply for agitation and worsening of any psychological illness and can be true for worsening of bodily and psychosomatic illnesses.
In such a state, the thoughts must be pulled again to the axis of steadiness which might positively be achieved by making use of varied Yoga strategies. Samadhi is a form of Yogic leisure which can be part of psychotherapy.
Grasp Patanjali defines Yoga as ‘Chitta Vritti Nirodha’. Chitta Vritti Nirodha contains strategies and measures to regulate 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 colleges are underneath 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 steady and balanced. Vrittis are these fluctuant waves which trigger fluctuations and wavering within the steady thoughts and convey about instability therein. Follow 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 will forestall an individual from seeing and realizing the reality concerning the Self and the world during which she or he lives.
Taking a look at this from an Ayurveda perspective – Sattva, Rajas and Tamas are the trigunas i.e. three primary attributes of the manas that are additionally accountable for creation of the universe. All psychological occasions occurring in us are brought on by these attributes and fluctuations occurring in them. The imbalances in sattva and so on. attributes are accountable for indulgence of 1 within the objects and fluctuations and wavering occurring within the thoughts.
Wavering doesn’t happen in sattva since it’s not a dosha and is a state of steadiness. Rajas and Tamas are the doshas of thoughts. It’s these two attributes that bear fluctuations resulting in chitta vrittis of various varieties. Imbalances occurring in raja and tama qualities of the thoughts will afflict the steadiness of thoughts and likewise that of sattva attributes of the thoughts. Sattvavajaya Chikitsa goals at balancing raja and tama qualities and to reinforce or steadiness the sattva guna.
Associated Studying – ‘Samadhi – inducing Samadhi like state, a form of Yogic Psychotherapy as part of Sattvavajaya Chikitsa’.
Different inclusions in Sattvavajaya Chikitsa
Mano Kshobha Chikitsa – Shock or Psycho-shock remedy
The Ayurveda rationalization of ‘Mano Kshobha Chikitsa’ will 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 will be successfully utilized in administration of acute and continual psychological illnesses or exacerbations of signs of the identical. Due to this fact, it’s utilized in therapy of a big selection of illnesses like Unmada – psychoses and Bhotonmada – continual idiopathic demonic psychiatric problems. 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 on. These strategies will assist in change of ideation and the thoughts will 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 regardless of them producing bodily ache and likewise psychological shock to the affected person. They are going to restore and reinstall normalcy and tranquility of thoughts. Kshobha Chikitsa acts on the traces 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 form of neutralizing remedy during which one excessive emotion is changed by 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 – therapy of psychoses. It consists of changing adverse concepts with new constructive ideas and responses.
Sattva Pariksha and Sattva Chikitsa – Custom-made analysis and therapy of psychological imbalances, Private Psychotherapy
By explaining the Sattva Prakara i.e. forms of sattva or thoughts states, classification of particular person on the premise 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 way of thinking. The collective info 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 on additionally needs to be thought of together with the psychic persona and conduct of people to arrange a correct framework of therapy 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 therapy protocol defined in Ayurveda. It’s used to comprehensively deal with psychiatric and psychosomatic issues and likewise bodily illnesses with psychological signs or psychological problems with bodily signs (psychosomatic problems). However principally, it’s a basis therapy and necessary inclusion to deal with psychological situations as per Ayurveda, the roots of the ideas are discovered to be unfold in fashionable medication laying the inspiration for growth of varied sides 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 the direction of psychiatric diseases however their altered variations or remodulated approaches taking their essence will be designed and introduced into play for complete leads to therapeutic the ailing minds. The purpose is to understand that Ayurveda had harassed upon so many dimensions of approaches in the direction of coping with thoughts problems.
