Abstract:
According to the data, there is a high prevalence of Mental Disease among elders
of Sri Lanka. Prevalence of Dementia (Smruthibramsha) is 3% of elders in
between the age of 60 to 80 years. This will be a big issue for Health policy
planning and Health management. This study will be carried out to review
classifications of mānasa roga, causative factors, signs and symptoms, treatment
modalities of them in Sanskrit Authentic Ayurvedic texts viz Charaka Samhitha,
Sussrutha Samhitha, vagbata Samhitha, Madawa Nidana, Bhavaprakasha, Bhela
Samhitha and Ahstanga Samgraha. It is revealed that there is no definite pattern of
classification of mānasa roga in Ayurvedic Sanskrit texts. Description of Mānasa
roga are found in scatted form at different places in Sanskrit texts of Ayurveda.
Mānasa roga can be mainly divided in to two types viz Unmāda and Apasmāra
according to Ayurvedic Sanskrit authentic texts. Achārya Caraka has mentioned
Unmāda, Apasmāra and Atathvābhinive^aya in two chapters in Cikithsā Sthāna of
Caraka Samhitā as dominent mental illnesses. [1] Suśruta has mentioned Unmāda,
Apasmāra and Amaānusopasarga in separate chapters in Uttara Tantra of Suśruta
Samhitā. [2] Bhela Samhitā, Aṣṭānga Hṛdaya Samhitā, Aṣṭānga Sangraha and
Mādhava Nidāna, Bhava Prakāṣa also followed the same pattern. [3]It is found that
there are treatment modalities and managements of Manasa roga are different in
text to text.
