Anxiety And Ayurveda!
People with anxiety disorder feel extremely worried or feel nervous about everyday things—even when there is little or no reason to worry about them. And find it difficult to control their anxiety and stay focused on daily tasks.
Emotional symptoms:
- Feelings of great apprehension or a dread feeling
- Problem with concentration
- Feeling overly tensed
- Always anticipating the worst in any situation
- Feeling restless and irritable
- Watching out for danger signs in everything
- Feeling mentally blank
Physical symptoms:
- A pounding heart
- Excessive sweating
- An upset or dizzy stomach
- An enhanced urge for urination and diarrhea
- Breathing problems
- Muscle tension
- Feeling twitches and tremors
- Severe headache and excess fatigue
- Sleeplessness or insomnia
These symptoms of Anxiety show resemblance with the Chittodwega (Excited state of mind) which is one among the Manovikara (disorder of mind) explained by Acharya Charaka in Ayurveda.
These are expressions of excess vata in the channel of the mind and body along with imbalance of pitta and kapha.
Home care tips for Anxiety/ Chittodwega
- Take a relaxing - oil body massage. It pacifies the Vata.
- Rub some sesame oil over the feet and head daily before bed, to calm mind and for good sleep
- Put few drops of essential like Lavender, Geranium on pillow, in bath water to calm the mind.
- Share your feelings with a loved one to ease the anxiety.
- Start undertaking relaxation techniques such as, progressive muscle relaxation or deep breathing
- Spend some time in nature, with pets or a walk in the garden
- Regular exercise, work out, Dance, Music are natural stress Busters and relieve anxiety.
- Avoid keeping up till late as lack of sleep aggrevates Vata and thus boosts your feelings of anxiety and tension
- Reduce your intake of alcohol and caffeine products, which worsen your anxiety.
- Train your mind to stay calm and accept the uncertainty in life.
The self-help strategies for coping with severe anxiety can be quite effective. In some cases, fear and anxiety attacks become very severe and cause great distress in a person's life. In such cases, professional help is required and here are some ayurveda clinics which take good care of these issues.

