AYURVEDIC CONCEPT OF PAIN

Abstract

As per Ayurved, the internal functions of the body are controlled by three doshas. When these doshas are imbalanced, they lead to various disorders. Pain is the result of imbalanced Vata dosha. WHO defines pain as an unpleasant sensory or emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage child may experience acute to chronic pain. Due to developing systems, infants and children may be at greater risk than adults for protracted pain sensitivity. Ayurvedic science refers Shoola as any type of pain. There are many medicines in modern science for relieving the pain in children but they may have adverse effects on the body also. In Ayurveda, there are many therapeutic procedures and herbal formulations, which relieve the pain in children and have no adverse effect at all. After going through various Ayurvedic literatures, Journals and Articles, here we are proposing many herbs, Ayurvedic formulations and various procedures like Yoga, Meditation, Panchkarma therapy, Snehana, Svedana, which alleviates the pain in children.