ABSTRACT

In 21st century competitive yuga and stressful life tension, anxiety, fear, grief creates many psychosomatic disorders. Irregular and scrappy diet repressed hostility, anger, frustration, long periods of study, lack of proper sleep, less time for relaxation and suppression of natural urges are the inseparable parts of our routine leading to many disease. Tension type headache is one of them, which can be compared with vataja shirahshula described in Ayurvedic texts. Nearly 80% of population will experience a tension type headache at sometime, with an estimated 1year prevalence of 86% in women. According to Acharya Charaka, manasantapa is one of the leading causes for shirashoola [1]. As mentioned by Acharya Charaka and Harita that shoka and bhaya are specifically responsible for vataja shirashoola [2]. This attempt is made to understand mana bhavas and the role of mana in vataja shirashula. Keywords: Vataja Shirashula, Mana, Ayurveda, Tension Type Headache
Publication date: 01/07/2025

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2025/14.7.9223