A Psychodermal Aspects of Skin Disorders and Role of Rasayana Therapy for its Management Array Section Review of Article

Abstract

 Ayurveda is a precise and comprehensive tool for healing physical and psychological wellbeing and promoting optimal health, energy and vitality. Everyone today is beauty conscious as beauty has moved one step ahead in social and personal level. Beauty aspect is not just limited to females or younger generations, but it has been expanded to all the age groups in males and females both. In Ayurveda and contemporary science stress is found as one of the major aggravating factors for various diseases including skin disorders. Persons with the skin disorder always experience physical, mental and socioeconomic embarrassment which further causes aggravation of preexisting diseases. In Ayurveda, Rasayana chikitsa is described as a multi angled approach, for taking care, nourishing body, mind & spirit and boosting immunity and thus helps to keep the body and mind in their best level. In this way, the present review has made a humble effort to clearly understand psychodermal aspects of skin disorders and how it affect patient’s quality of life, along with its appropriate management through rasayana therapy.

Keywords – Pychodermatology, Rasayana , kustha roga, skin diseases.