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AYU Vol. 30 Issue No. 2 (April-June 2009)
Id.No.30205
The conceptual
and Applied study of Medhâ and Manas in Âyurveda
*
NeetaPatel **MaheshVyas
***
HiteshVyas
Institute for Post Graduate Teaching and
Research in Ayurveda, Gujarat Ayurved University, Jamnagar
Abstract:
There are very few works done on the concept of Medhâ
and Manas till today. So, the present study was carried
out to describe the applied concept of Âyurvedîya
Mano-Vijñâna, to assess Medhâ in classical
direction and to assess the efficacy of Yashtîmadhu Curna (Medhya
Aushadha) and effect of SattvâvajayaChikitsâ
on Medhâ. The subjects of the study were physically
healthy volunteers between the age group of 16 to 25 years. They
were divided into two groups. Selection and registration of
volunteers was done by randomized open trial. In Group- A
Yashtîmadhu granules and in Group-B roasted Suji granules +
Sattvâvajaya Chikitsâ were selected. For the assessment
of Medhâ, P.G.I. Memory Scale,Recognition Cards of National Psychological Corporation,
Agra was adopted and to assess the Manas Prakrti, a
questionnaire was adopted with some modifications. In Group - A
(Yashtîmadhu group) 4.41% improvement was found which
is statistically highly significant (<0.01) and in Group - B (Sattvâvajaya
Chikitsâ group) 4.54% improvement is obtained which is
statistically significant (<0.05). Yashtîmadhu and
SattvâvajayaChikitsâ, both were beneficial in
promoting the ‘Medhâ in healthy volunteers hence need
is to conduct such a study on large number of patients for a
longer duration.
Key words:
Medhâ, Manas, Buddhi, Sattvâvajaya.
*
Lecturer in Basic Principles, Seth J. P. Govt. Ayurved College,
Bhavnagar. E-mail address:
neet_ptl@yahoo.co.in **
Reader, Dept. of
Basic Principles, I.P.G.T.&R.A. ***
Senior Lecturer, Dept. of
Basic Principles
