Abstract

Dr. Shivaranjani J. Kantharia, Prof. Dr. K.B.Patel, Prof. Dr. S N Gupta

ABSTRACT

Insomnia means inability to sleep or maintain sleep, despite the patient having adequate opportunity and circumstance to sleep, when associated with impairment of daytime functioning or mood symptoms. Stress induced insomnia one of the most genuine and day by day increasing psychosomatic problem in this present era especially in young people. In the case of stress induced insomnia, alleviating the stress should alleviate the insomnia. The treatment for this condition is mainly calm down and relaxation of the mind. Mantra Cikits? is one the Daiva vyap??raya Cikits?. In Sa?skrit, it is said; “Manan?t tr?yate iti Mantra” means Mantra is that which saves from repetitiveness of worries which is main cause of Insomnia. Oral intake of Ja??m??s? c?r?a with M?hi?a K??ra at bed time followed by Chanting of “Om Nama? ?iv?ya” mantra is beneficial in Stress induced insomnia. Ja??m??s? is the one of the tranquilizer drugs in ?yurveda which calm down the anxious mind and its use with M?hi?a K??ra which has action of Nidr?janana.