INSOMNIA/ SLEEPLESSNESS



Insomnia is "DIFFICULTY IN INITIATING OR MAINTAINING SLEEP", it is a symptom not a stand alone disease.

 TYPES OF INSOMNIA
Short term insomnia:(one to three weeks)
  • jet lag
  • shift work
  • stress
  • illness or hospitalization
  • withdrawal from drugs, alcohol or smoking
Long term insomnia:(symptoms lasting more than 3 weeks)
Psychological                                          
  • anxiety
  • depression
Physical
  • heart disease
  • acid reflux
  • asthma
  • sleep apnea
  • brain tumor, stroke, injury to brain,
  • menopause
  • pregnency
  • frequent intake of alcohol, tea or coffee
Problems caused by insomnia
  • poor concentration and focus
  • difficulty with memory
  • irritable
  • fatigue


 AYURVEDIC VEIW
Ayurveda considers sleep as one of the 3 pillars of the body.  A person of kapha prakriti (body constitution) sleeps more,pitta prakriti and vata prakriti sleeps comparatively  less. 

 The samhithas detail several diseases caused by suppressing sleep, sleeping during day time and also staying awake at night, such as
  • delusions,laziness
  • heaviness of head and eyes
  • pain all over the body
  • digestive disorder therefore leading to many other diseases
TREATMENT PRINCIPLES

Internal medicines 

  • kalyanakagam kashyam
  • vidaryadi kashyam
  •  jatamamsi choornam
  •  ashwaganda choornam
  • manasamitra vatakam
  •  brahami grtham
  • kalyanakam grtham 
  • sarasvataristam 
  • aswaganda lehyam 
are some of the medicines advised according to the patients condition

 External treatments like
  • siropichu
  • shiro vasti
  • shiro dhara
  • foot massage
  • body massage
  • head massage
  • nasyam
are done with oils like ksira bala thilam,brhami thilam, vatasini thilam, dhanvanthram thilam etc

 Yogic asanas that are helpful are
  • pascimottasana
  • sirasasana
  • sarvangasana
  • uttanasana

Helpful ways to prevent insomnia
  • regular gentle massage of body and taking warm bath before going to bed
  • avoid tea or coffee especially at night
  • listening to pleasant music
  • creating clean and neat bedroom atmosphere
  • early dinner
  • intake warm milk at night

THE TEMPORARY DETACHMENT OF MIND FROM INDRIYAS(sense organs) AND WITHDRAWAL OF INDRIYAS FROM THEIR OBJECT OF PERCEPTION CAUSES SLEEP IN AN INDIVIDUAL...... RELAX SLEEP WELL

Comments

  1. Unknown17 November 2017 at 01:00

    Good blog about the problems faced by today's generation.. also this happened because we are not following our traditional system..

    ReplyDelete
  2. Unknown17 November 2017 at 04:07

    Really good blog.
    Well prepared content.
    Most of the it industry peoples and mobile adictors face these.

    ReplyDelete

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