Limbic System and Ayurveda

Authors: John JR

DOI: 10.23880/jonam-16000452

Volume 8, Issue 3

Abstract

Emotion is a coordinated set of response with physiological, behavioural and neural mechanisms, controlled by Limbic System. Lesions of emotional brain results in psychological disturbances like depression, fear, anxiety. Ayurveda takes the pathway of limbic structures for the treatment of many manasarogas through Nasya, Sirodhara like treatment modalities which act upon the limbic system thus influencing the patients mental state. Hence limbic system is the border zone where psychiatry meets neurology. For a healthy mind, limbic system should be intact. So one should be more alert regarding the mental health, as depression is going to be the leading cause of mortality by 2030.

Keywords: Limbic System; Nasya; Sirodhara

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