Category: Stress

Ayurvedic Treatment of Anxiety and Panic attacks

Abstract

Anxiety and panic attacks are the most common mental problems worldwide. According to the Data given by the National Institute of Mental Health, around 31 % of adults experienced  some type of anxiety or panic attacks in their lifetime. Panic attacks and Anxiety problems are now increasing due to today’s fast-paced lifestyle. The person who has suffered anxiety or a panic attack knows how terrifying and horrible an experience it can be. But very few people who experienced anxiety or panic attacks seek formal treatment. But this is a serious issue that should not be avoided and needs to be cured at the right time. Here in this article, we are going to discuss anxiety and panic attacks and their Ayurvedic management.

Introduction

Anxiety is an emotional disorder characterised by feelings of tension, fear, worried thoughts that also includes physiological changes like raised blood pressure and further it may give rise to depression. Panic attack is a  sudden episode of unreasonable intense feelings of fear and anxiety that triggers severe physical reactions and symptoms like palpitations, fast breathing and sweating, racing heart, even when there is no apparent cause or real danger. Panic attacks can be very terrifying as when they occur, you might think you are having a heart attack, losing control or even dying.

Anxiety and Panic attacks

Types of Anxiety

  • Generalized anxiety disorder  This is a long lasting type of anxiety in which a person worries about non specific objects, life events and situations.
  • Panic disorders – These are the sudden and brief panic attacks characterised by shaking, dizziness, confusion, nausea and breathing difficulties which arise because of some frightening experiences.
  • Phobia –  Phobia arises out of anxiety and is different from other anxiety disorders. In this the fear may be unnecessary but the person is unable to control anxiety.
  • Social anxiety disorder – In this type of anxiety a person fears from opening up in front of society or other people because of a fear of being negatively judged by the people.
  • Obsessive compulsive disorder –  In OCD, a person is obsessed with cleanliness, keeping on checking light switches or the locks.
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder – This type of anxiety disorder is due to flashbacks of any trauma, serious accident or a sexual assault due to which a person may often change his behavior to avoid the triggers.
  • Separation anxiety disorder – This type of anxiety is due to a feeling of separation from a person or place close to the heart.

Ayurvedic Aspect of Anxiety and Panic attacks

In Ayurveda, Anxiety is an imbalance of Vata dosha. During a panic attack, the Vata dosha impairment results in a sudden extreme stress response and agitated state of mind. Ayurvedic principle of diagnosing and treating a disease based on three doshas – Vata, Pitta and Kapha. The balanced state of these doshas signifies a healthy state whereas the imbalance of these doshas leads to a disease. When Vata dosha is  disturbed the person feels ungrounded, has trouble sleeping and has a hyper-excitable nervous system. Thus the Anxiety (Chittodvega) is an aggravated Vata dosha disorder and the management is based on balancing the Vata dosha.

Symptoms of Anxiety and Panic Attacks

The symptom of Anxiety or panic attacks are

  • Trembling or shaking
  • Fear of losing control
  • Feeling like you’re going to die
  • Intense feeling of terror
  • Chills
  • Choking or smothering sensation
  • Difficulty breathing
  • Chest pain
  • Nausea
  • Racing heart
  • Sweating
  • Tingling sensation or numbness on fingers or toes

Causes

The causes of Anxiety or panic attacks are

  • Genetics and hereditary –  Anxiety can  run in families
  • Hormonal/ biochemical imbalance – Imbalance of hormones like serotonin and dopamine.
  • Personality type –  Certain people who have poor coping skills or  low self esteem are more prone to anxiety
  • Social factors – People who are exposed to violence, abuse and poverty are more prone to anxiety and panic attacks
  •  Medical causes – Cardiopulmonary  or Endocrine disorders or any other chronic disease can lead to anxiety
  •  Drugs and other substances –  Some drugs like amphetamine, transquillsers, or steroids etc. can lead to anxiety and panic attacks.

Risk Factors

  • Trauma:  history of a mental trauma in certain condition of life is a major contributing factor in developing anxiety.
  • Stress: Worrying or stressful situations in life may trigger anxiety.
  • Gender : Females are more prone to anxiety than males.
  • Other mental health disorders. Persons who are already suffering from depression may also develop anxiety disorder or panic attacks.
  • Having blood relatives with an anxiety disorder. Anxiety disorders may run in families.
  • Drugs or alcohol.  Alcohol or drug overdose or withdrawal can cause or trigger anxiety and Panic attacks.

Diagnosis

Your doctor rules out the diseases having similar symptoms through some tests. If they are normal then he can diagnose it through your history or symptoms. Some tests to rule out anxiety are –

  • Hamilton anxiety rating scale
  • Anxiety disorder interview schedule
  • ECG

Treatment of Anxiety and Panic attacks

In modern medicine, it is managed with some anti anxiety drugs, antidepressants drugs and with psychotherapy. But there is no permanent cure of this and the long term use of these medications can cause side effects too. In Ayurveda, this is an imbalance of Vata dosha so the line of treatment is to pacify the aggravated dosha. Ayurveda focuses on Nidan Parivarjana (avoid the causing factors) to manage the disease. In anxiety or panic attacks some Panchakarma procedures like Abhyanga, Shiro- abhyanga, Shiro vasti, Shirodhara, nasya with medicated oils are also recommended along with some Ayurvedic herbs like Ashwagandha, Jatamansi, Brahmi, Mandookparni, etc.

Herbal  Remedies for Anxiety and Panic attacks by Planet Ayurveda

Planet Ayurveda is a worldwide leading herbal manufacturing company, the products of Planet Ayurveda are 100% pure herbal, natural and are made under the guidance of Ayurveda experts. Planet Ayurveda offers Panic Care pack for the effective management of Anxiety and Panic attacks

  1. NeuroGenie Capsules
  2. Calm Easy Capsules
  3. Pitta Balance
  4. Indian Valeriana

Anxiety and Panic attacksHerbal Supplements for Anxiety and Panic attacks

Description of the Products

1. NeuroGenie Capsules

NeuroGenie capsules are the polyherbal formulations by Planet Ayurveda that contain Brahmi (Bacopa monnieri), Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), etc and acts as a powerful antioxidant, boosts brain function and prevents anxiety or stress. The ingredients of this capsule helps to combat physical and mental stress, lowering blood pressure, reduces inflammation, and boosts the immune system.

Dosage – 2 capsules twice daily with plain water after meals

2. Calm Easy Capsules

This is a polyherbal formulation by Planet Ayurveda that contains Brahmi (Bacopa monnieri), Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) and Tagar (Valeriana Wallichii). These capsules act as a wonderful nerve tonic and help in managing anxiety. It relaxes the body, reduces the number of thoughts, enhances memory, grasping power, learning capacity, useful in stress, anxiety, phobia, fear and insomnia. This helps in the pacification of Vata  and Pitta dosha and thus useful in Anxiety and panic attacks.

Dosage– 1 capsule twice daily with plain water after meals

3. Pitta Balance

Pitta balance capsules are polyherbal formulations by Planet Ayurveda that contain Praval Pishti (coral compound), Akik Pishti (Agate compound), Jahar Mohra Pishti, Kamdudha Ras, Mukta Pishti (Pearl compound), Giloy Satva (Tinospora cordifolia extracts). This herbal formulation helps in managing anxiety and panic attacks as it balances the pitta dosha so the symptoms like aggression, anxiety, anger, palpitations, hyper activity, etc are also controlled by these capsules.  Thus this product has magnificent results in Anxiety disorders.

Dosage- 1 capsule twice daily with plain water after meals

4. Indian Valeriana

Indian Valeriana is a single herbal formulation by Planet Ayurveda that contains  standardized extracts of Tagar (Valeriana Wallichii) The root of this wonderful herb is used to make medicine which has magnificent results and is used in the management of sleep disorders, mental stress, controls anxiety, depression,etc.

Dosage- 2 capsules twice daily with plain water after meals

Conclusion

Thus from the above mentioned details we can conclude that Anxiety and Panic attacks can be managed with Ayurvedic formulations, counselling of patients, some yogas and meditation.  Ayurvedic herbs have wonderful results without any side effects. Planet Ayurveda offers a Panic Care pack which has very good results in this condition. Planet Ayurveda products are 100% pure, effective, vegetarian, and natural. We hope the above-mentioned information regarding  Anxiety and panic attacks will be beneficial for the one who suffers. For more details of our products, you can check our website www.planetayurveda.com. For more queries, you can send your queries to our email id herbalremedies123@yahoo.com.

Alternative Treatment of Post Betrayal Syndrome

Abstract

Post betrayal syndrome is a condition or a phase faced by a person after being ditched. The one who suffers with the treachery only knows how much it hurts. Their thoughts and their mind are never stable and also they are not the same person anymore. After betrayal in relationship, business, friendship, marriage etc. people usually have a lot of trust issues. Even very small and ignorant situations for people can lead the sufferer back to the moment of betrayal. The disloyalty they faced might bring many behavioral changes.

These behavioral changes can be positive and can be negative. Betrayal is an emotional state that has the potential to change a person forever. The change will be noticed in behavior, emotions and also in physical appearance. There is one thing that is fixed in their thoughts that no one can understand the pain they are going through. Some take betrayals like a lesson and continue their life achieving everything they want. But in some cases betrayal makes a very creative, loving, smart person look like a complete fool.So, in today’s article, we will discuss in detail about post betrayal syndrome

Introduction

Treachery is something that causes mental pain and a person makes his or her body suffer physically. At this stage a human makes him or herself prone to many diseases and disorders. People usually suffer with stress, anxiety, depression, advance stages of mental disorders and then their body suffers from weight gain, weight loss, malnutrition, deficiencies etc. In some patients they develop very small changes in their behavior that are even not counted as disorders but still are of huge concern like wanting attention, living alone, being too much social or being a total introvert. All above means one thing that whenever a treachery hits a person, the reaction is not the same in every case. People have a tendency to take the same things positively and negatively. Reaction depends on how strong that person mentally is.

Post Betrayal Syndrome

What Kind of Betrayal People Face?

The betrayal can be in terms of business, relationships, marriage, siblings, parental etc. When a person receives a betrayal in business, they initially do not know what to do about it. Business minded people have a strong mindset generally. They are calculative and even after the betrayal tends to focus on reducing the loss percentage. But if the loss is in very big amounts then usually they are one who commits suicide very easily. Even after being very calculative, every person has a breakpoint. When we talk about betrayal in marriage or relationships then in this case people are very prone to either commit suicide or drink poison or turns into a very different personality. This personality change can be positive or can be negative.

Have you ever noticed someone being totally detached from each and every thing around them? This kind of emotional state usually depicts people with childhood trauma. You know every child is not having a very playful and loving childhood. Some children had suffered a lot due to parental issues like non attentive mothers or fathers etc. Betrayal from siblings is also very common these days (for money, land, parental property etc.)

The effect can be seen in both mental and physical ways. Some people try to hide their emotions and are the worst victims in betrayal, some people show their emotions completely but still suffer both mentally and physically.

Visible Signs

These Signs will Include Visible and Noticeable Changes Such as

  1. Lack of communication with others.
  2. Lack of appetite (refusing food all the time)
  3. Development of smoking and drinking habits
  4. Sleeplessness leading to pale face, grooved eyes, dull flushed face.
  5. Excessive crying causing eyelids to swell
  6. Loss of weight suddenly
  7. Repeated complaint of palpitations
  8. Refusing to go out or coming back late at night.
  9. Always appear exhausted
  10. Total lack of interest in everything.

Some people might show these above mentioned negative signs at first but can show a remarkable positive change in their personality and focus on achieving their goals and also believe in giving life a second chance On the other hand some people only worsen their condition with time.

Mental Signs

  1. Irritation (reacts on very small things)
  2. Always have negative thoughts
  3. Never happy rather seems angry and jealous all the time.
  4. Unexplained panic attacks or anxiety
  5. Sad or crying all the time
  6. Depression in later stages
  7. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
  8. Trust issues

How Does it Affect our Immune System?

Our body is believed to be healthy when it is having a balance between its spiritual and mental aspect. If any unbalance is seen in the ratio of spirituality and mental state along with physical suffering then our body is not termed as healthy. Our immunity also depends on this ratio if any imbalance is noticed then our immunity will get hampered thus making our body and mind prone to diseases. As mentioned in ayurveda, mansik vichar also leads our body towards many disorders. Post betrayal syndrome can be treated using satva vijya, yuktivyapasraya and daiva vyapashraya chikitsa. This balances the human in both physical and mental aspects.

Herbal Remedies for Post Betrayal Syndrome

Planet Ayurveda which is a leading herbal manufacturing company offers some of it’s that can be used in the management of post betrayal syndrome.

Herbal Remedies for Post Betrayal Syndrome

Alternative Treatment of Post betrayal syndrome

The Products Offered Are as Follows

  1. Arjuna tea
  2. Brahmi capsules
  3. Stress support
  4. Immune booster

Product Description

1. Arjuna Tea

Arjun (Terminalia arjuna), is formulated with many other ingredients for the manufacturing of this product. The important ingredient of this tea is arjuna. It behaves like an agent that calms your mind and also helps in enhancing your mood.

Dosage: One cup daily is recommended

2. Brahmi Capsules

Brahmi (Bacopa monnieri) is a marvelous herb that helps in fighting stress, increases your concentration and focus power and also helps in fighting stress. It helps in nourishment of the brain and hence eliminates negative thoughts from mind.

Dosage: Two Capsules twice daily after meals.

3. Stress Support

These capsules are safe and prepared using the standardized extract of brahmi (Bacopa monnieri), Ashwagandha (withania somnifera) etc which help in managing stress, relaxes the mind and also provides relief from symptoms like irritation, sleeplessness and repeated palpitations.

Dosage: Two capsules twice daily with plain water after meals

4. Immune Booster

Immune booster is a polyherbal formulation which is prepared using grapeseed (Vitis vinifera), bhumi amla (Phyllanthus niruri) etc which for sure helps in enhancing your immune system and thus protects your body for being easy prey to any kind of disorders.

Dosage: Two capsules twice a day with plain water after meals.

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Conclusion

The syndromes like post betrayal are running very commonly in our societies these days. Such conditions hamper our mental status real bad and our physical condition too. The products offered by Planet Ayurveda in the management of post betrayal syndrome are totally herbal and cause no side effects.