Ayurveda proposes a
healthy balance of the mind and body in an overall well being of an individual.
Most Ayurveda centers in Kerala like Aura Spa offers a complete rejuvenation and clean up process on
all levels that are physical, mental and emotional. The ayurvedic system of
medicine is more than 5000 years of old and put forward some most effective
treatments for treating stress and other lifestyle disorder.Ayurveda proposes a
holistic approach to prevention and promotion of stress management and mental
health.
What is Stress
Stress is the basic
elements of various human diseases and mental illness. Stress is a sum of
physical, mental and emotional strains or tensions that occur in a person. It
is the wear and tear of our mind and body experiences as we try to deal with
our rapidly changing environments and habitats. Anxiety and stress can be used
in the same scenario. The cause of
stress of the psychosocial stressor can be any life event or changes that occur
in our lifestyle that may result in temporary mental disorders.
Tension, anxiety, stress
occur in our body mainly due to the absorption of negative energy from our
environments and interactions between persons, straining work environment which
all exceed our adaptive capacities. Every one of us has a certain threshold
about managing or adapting to our changing environment so when that crosses
stress occurs. And if you are one among those who is being suffered from the
unhealthy management of stress level, then Kerala Ayurveda packages, will
suggest you some effective therapies and treatments to deal with stress in your
body. If you don’t take care of this mental disorder seriously, it can result
in differences in personality as well as differences in physical and mental
strength.
Stressor- A stressor can be anything that
invokes a stress response in your body. It can be an event, an interaction, a
place. Mainly stressors are categorized as acute or chronic.
What causes Stress
In the modern way of
life, the main cause of stress is the overall effect of various toxic elements
in the environment. Our behaviors, lifestyle all have to cause factors of
stress level in our system. Extreme
emotions such as aggression, restlessness, anger, anxiety, fear all result in
stress only. Eating unhealthy food, or following a poor diet, excessive
smoking, drinking, uses of drugs can also result in physical and mental
strain. Our work environment and home,
our relationships, internal emotional conflicts, financial insecurities as well
as major life events such as marriage, death, divorce etc all are factors
affecting stress level. And such mental
stress can cause various psychosomatic disorders like hypertension, migraine,
severe headaches etc. a holistic approach to deal with these stress factors,
without any harmful side effects.
How Stress Causes Mental Illness
The mental or
psychological conditions that are purely by mental disorders are the Kama,
Krodha, Lobh, Moha, Irshya, mana, made, Shoka, Chinta, Udvega, Bhaya, harsha
etc. And those psychotic conditions that are caused by the combination of both
physical and mental illness are unmade, apasmara, apatanraka, atattvabhinvesha,
bhrama, tandra, karma, etc. Ayurvedic psychology or charaka Samhita describes
eight psychological factors that negatively affect us in various ways and cause
psychiatric disorders. It views life as
a self-aware field of pure consciousness and natural intelligence and offers
How stress Affects your body and mind?
The initial stage of
stressful response is the same even if it is a result of a major or minor
cause. But if it is because of some major, prolonged, persistent pressure, then
your body will continue to build up extra quantities of stress chemicals and
will initiate a further process to maintain that stress level. If you continue
to get affected by the stressors then this stimulation process continues and
will finally depress the immune system of your body. If this stage continues, your body will start
to adapt to the increasing strain and pressure level in your body and will
eventually you will break down and exhaustion, mental and physical illness will
follow.
Ayurvedic Approach to maintain Good Mental health
- · Stimulate your memory
- · Take right food at right time
- · Be aware of one's responsibilities
- · Be aware of your mind-body and inner self
- · Maintain cleanliness and hygiene
- · Do things with enthusiasm
- · Be brave
- · Maintain positivity irrespective of the situations
- · Maintain sharp intellectual functioning
- · Be self-sufficient
- · Follow good moral values
Ayurvedic treatment methods for Mental Health
The panchakarma measures
that are used to treat the stress levels include:
Vamana: Induced therapeutic vomiting.
Vierchana: It is purgation through therapeutic
laxative, and will provide symptomatic relief and mental illness.
Vasti: It is enema therapy. Niroha visit will
clean toxins from dhatus and remove naturally accumulated body wastes and will
remain in the body for a longer period of time to give effectiveness.
Nasya: nasal medications are done to purify head
and other major sensory faculties in your body to lead to clarity of mind.
Shirodhara: It is done by medicated water and
herbal oils and medicated milk, which are poured on the forehead through some
special method for around a 30 to 45 minutes. It is done to reduce anxiety,
stress, depression and other mental illness and completely rejuvenate your
mental system.
Shiro Vasti: This procedure includes keeping a
herbal cap filled with oil in your head.
Panchakarma therapies are
then followed by Samana or purification treatments with oral medicines and
herbal packs and all. You can avail all these treatments with some trusted Ayurvedaresorts in Kerala like aura spa.
Ayurvedic Medicines for Stress
The ayurvedic herbs that
have a stabilizing effect on the mind are referred to as Medhya resayanas and
these herbs will promote your intellect and will nourish your neurological
tissues. These are nervine tonics and
these medicines may act as specific molecular nutrients for your brain and
promote the mental health which will lead to alleviation of lifestyle
disorders. The ayurvedic herbs for mental healthiness will enhance the
biological nourishment of the brain and will result in the tranquility of the mind,
and will enhance your memory. Brahmi and shankha push will have the secondary
sedative effect.
Actually, all ayurvedictreatments in Kerala focus on control of stress and other toxic elements in your body. It
provides a combination of benefits such as panchakarma and many rasayana
practices and guided herbal remedies for stress, which are powerful. Even if
you follow a proper nutritional diet, good exercise, you have to follow the
ayurvedic approach to healing to control the stress levels in your body. So Ayurveda
can be a great remedy for stress and can offer great stress relief.
