Correlation of Dementia with Smrutibhramsa mentioned in Ayurvedic Mental disease: A review.

Abstract

Dementia is a chronic brain disease it combination of several symptom that are associated with the declining abilities of the brain and its’ functions.There may be a decline in thinking, memory, cognition, language skills, understanding and judgment. Memory impairment is the main symptomand senile age is a biggest risk factor for Dementia. There is no definite comparison of Dementia with ayurveda Mānasarāga paradigm. Aim of this endeavor is to correlate dementia in modern medicine and Smrithibramsa mentioned in Ayurveda.This is a literal review article gathering information from, authentic Ayurveda Sanskrit texts, journals and web sources. It is revealed that there is no definite pattern of classification of Mānasarāga in Ayurvedic Sanskrit texts. Description of Mānasarāga is found in scatted form at different places in Sanskrit texts of Ayurveda. In Ayurveda literature has clearly mentioned thatin Caraka Samhitha Sharirasthana, impairment of memory as Smrutibhramsa which occurs due to a person being overcome by rajas and Tamas Dosās in the mind.Aging is describe in Ayurveda term as Kalajara. So memory impairment of aged can say as Jarājanyasmrutibhramsa” in Ayurveadic point of view. Memory impairment is predominant symptom in dementia as well as Smrutibhrams According to the data age is the biggest risk factor for dementia and Smrutibhramsa. In coclution: there are co-relationsof dementias with Smrutibhramsa