Abstract

Dr. Shital S. Dhote* and Dr. Vedangi D. Wargantiwar

ABSTRACT

Ayurveda is the science of life and its main aim is to maintain healthy status of living being. Prevention and treatment of disease is the essence of Ayurveda. As per Ayurvedic science, Aahara, Nidra and Brahamacharya are three main pillars of body called as Upasthambhas. Among these, Nidra is the prime factor for happiness, growth, strength, virility, knowledge and our life depends on Nidra. The Nidra causes physical as well as mental relaxation thus offers health benefits and prevents pathological initiation of diseases associated with stress and anxiety. The mind including sensory & motor organs is exhausted & they dissociate themselves from their objects, sleepoccurs. Beacause the good physical and mental state merely depends upon Nidra. On opposite to it, Untimely sleep, sleeping habbits for late in morning or ratri jagarana (night vigilance) causes disturbance in health which is called Akalanidra as Kalratri. In this modern era, work profile of the IT professionals, watchman, hospital staff, students, parents etc make them not to follow the proper sleep times which disturbs the healthy state of mind and body and also disturbs the digestive process with the disturbance of Tridosha and hatu.