Management Of Nidranasha (Insomnia) Through Ayurveda: A Review

Abstract

Insomnia is a very common sleep disorder in present’s era as it make hard to fall asleep, hard to stayasleep or cause to wake up too early and not be able to get back to sleep. Insomnia causes many problemsin day to day life such as tiredness, a lack of energy, difficulty in concentrating and irritability. As there isno permanent cure of insomnia in modern science because they use only Hypnotics and sedatives as itstreatment but there are chances that the patient may get addicted to these particular drugs. In Ayurvedadifficulty to fall asleep, stay asleep, or both are considered under heading of Nidranasha. According toCharaka, sukha, dukh, pusti, karshya, bala, abala, vrishtha, kleebta, gyanm, agynam jivan and maran allthese factors depends on proper and improper nidra. In Nidranasha the main doshas which are involved arevata and pitta prakopa. So treatment of Nidranasha is mainly Vata-Pitta Shamak chikitsa. In Ayurvedathere are a variety of treatments for insomnia. An attempt has been made in order to compile different typesof treatment protocols for insomnia according to different acharayas.