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Pathogenesis and features of pre-ictal phaseĭvē pañcamūlyau triphalā rajanyau kuṭajatvacam|

Mind is distressed or annihilated by (affliction of negative emotions like) worry, passion, fright, anger, grief, anxiety etc.

The heart (site of consciousness) is obscured by aggravated doshas and.

In whom, the sattva (one of the attributes of mind representing purity and consciousness) is suppressed by rajas (attribute of the mind representing energy and dynamism) and tamas (attribute of the mind representing passivity and ignorance).

The doshas are excessively aggravated and have spread to other sites ( vibhranta) due to (habitual) intake of improper/harmful and impure/contaminated food.

Manasyabhihate nRUNAmapasmAraH pravartate||5||Īpasmara occurs in those persons, in whom: RajastamobhyAM vihate sattve doShAvRute hRudi||4||ĬintAkAmabhayakrodhashokodvegAdibhistathA| VibhrAntabahudoShANAmahitAshucibhojanAt | Manasyabhihatē nr̥̄ṇāmapasmāraḥ pravartatē||5|| Rajastamōbhyāṁ vihatē sattvē dōṣāvr̥tē hr̥di||4||Ĭintākāmabhayakrōdhaśōkōdvēgādibhistathā| Sanskrit text, Transliteration and English Translation Its management is also mentioned in this context.

It is termed as the single major disease ,i.e., mahagada, leading to affliction of mind and intellect. Various animal products like ghee processed with medicinal herbs are utilized for medicine preparation.Ītattvabhinivesha is another disease specially mentioned in this chapter.

Balance between sattva, rajas and tamas is important by avoiding the stressors that precipitate the episode of apasmara. A case in point is of endrin-laced taquitos causing seizures in the United States. There is always a possibility of food contamination as a causative factor for epilepsy. The disease precipitates in the form of paroxysmal attack, then the negative psychological emotions occlude the consciousness at heart and thereafter leading to loss of memory. As mentioned earlier in Apasmara Nidana, first the aggravation of doshas at somatic level occurs by improper and impure/foul food and excess affliction of negative emotions like worries, passion, fright, anger, grief etc at psychic level.

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The series of pathological events that take place to occlude consciousness in heart and loss of memory is distinctive feature of apasmara. Manas (mind), buddhi (intellect), and smriti (memory) are integral parts combined with atma (self) in understanding Ayurvedic psychiatry. Therefore these two chapters are placed in succession. These diseases are caused by similar etiological factors and both manifest as manasika vikara (psychiatric diseases). Pacification ( shamana) therapyĪll psychiatric and psycho-somatic diseases find their roots in the two chapters of unmada and apasmara.

4.7 Patho-physiology of atattvabhinivesha.

4.6 Etio-Pathogenesis of Atattvabhinivesha.

4.3 Brain and heart connection Neurocardiology.

4.1 Relation between diet, dosha specificity and apasmara.

3 Tattva Vimarsha (Fundamental Principles).

2.28 Protection of patients and precautionary measures.2.25 Etiopathology and clinical features of atattvabhinivesha.2.24 Mahagada chikitsa (management of atattvabhinivesha).2.12.1 Ingredients of mahapanchagavya ghee.2.9 Purification based on dosha dominance.2.7 Diagnosis as per frequency of seizures.2.6.4 Apasmara with mixed features of all dosha dominance and prognosis.2.3 Pathogenesis and features of pre-ictal phase.2 Sanskrit text, Transliteration and English Translation.Keywords: Apasmara, memory, consciousness, epilepsy, atattvabhinivesha, unmada, seizure disorders. Importance of rasayana (rejuvenation) and protection of patient of unmada and apasmara are also emphasized. Special preparations like panchagavya ghrita, mahapanchagavya ghrita, jeevaneeya ghrita, various preparations for nasal administrations etc are given.Įtiological factors, pathogenesis, features and management of an important disease called atattvabhinivesha (a disease of perversion of intellect) are narrated. Management of apasmara depending on the predominance of doshas, influence of agantu (exogenous) factors are explained. Specific features of dominance of vata, pitta and kapha doshas are explained and involvement of exogenous factors is mentioned. In continuation with the earlier explanation about causative factors, patho-physiology and clinical features have been described in Apasmara Nidana, with another definition provided here in this chapter in greater detail. The tenth chapter deals with specific features of types of apasmara and its management.

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