ROLE OF IDEAL NIDRA IN MAINTAINING GOOD HEALTH: AN AYURVEDIC REVIEW
*Dr. Sujeet Kumar, Dr. Rohit Ranjan, Dr. Deovrat Narayan Singh and Dr. Dineshwar Prasad
ABSTRACT
Millions of people are yearly dying due to unhealthy conditions. Even with the advent of excellent techniques and astonishing advancement in medical science and technology, the humanity is left with innumerable health problems and hazards. Most of the diseases have direct or indirect link with the type of food consumed, food habits and/ or life style. Any disturbance in the equilibrium of Dhatus is known as disease and on the other hand the state of their equilibrium is health. Health and disease are also defined as pleasure and pain respectively.8 In order to prevent the unmanifested diseases and to cure the manifested ones, an individual desirous of happiness, should follow the regimen prescribed in text of Ayurveda. All the psychosomatic activities, of living beings, are directed towards the aim of achieving happiness. Lifestyle means the way in which a person lives. Ahara Vidhi, Vihara and Achara comes under the title Lifestyle. In almost all samhitas, there is detail description of Dinacharya, Ratricharya, Ritucharya, Ahara Vidhi, Adharaniya and Dharaniya vega, Sadvritta etc. is given which are very helpful to an individual for healthy life and prevention of diseases. nidra is part of lifestyle and may cause many diseases if it is not ideal, so why ancient seers have well elaborated this topic in their literatures.
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