ROLE OF AACHAR RASAYANA IN CONTEXT OF PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDERS by - Dr. Satish Chand Gupta
In present day medical practice we find a major proportion of patients, who are suffering from psychosomatic disorders like irritable bowel syndrome, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, ulcerative colitis, bronchial asthma etc. The reason behind this being changing lifestyle, never ending desires and needs, moral degradation and more struggles of human being in each and every aspect of life. The Somatological and Psychological solutions which have been put forward in the past have not succeeded much, and now the scientists have began to think in terms of ‘Psyche in soma’. This concept has given origin to the term ‘psychosomatic disorders’. Psychosomatic disorders (a term coined by Heinorth, 1918) are those disorders in which psychological factors are important. Definition : Those physical disorders which are either initiated or exacerbated by the