UNDERSTANDING THE RELATION BETWEEN MANSIK BHAVAS AND VYADHI UTPATTI W.S.R. IMMUNITY

Whenever there for time of crisis in pandemic (like corona in present time), indication to ‘do not panic’ are always given to society. Why?. Is there any relation of doing panic and getting the disease? Is there any possibility of Mansik Bhavas like anger (Krodha), grief (Shoka), anxiety (Chinta), fear (Bhaya) can be the cause or precipitating factor of infection to any person? Both Ayurveda and modern point of view agrees to the statement that different Mansik Bhavas like Chinta, Shoka, Kama, Krodh, etc. can lead to or can act as Hetu for any disease and hence there is existence of relation between these Mansik Bhavas and Sharirik Vyadhi Utpatti. Immunity is a condition of being able to resist a particular disease especially through preventing develop-ment of a pathogenic microorganism or by counteracting the effects of its products1. It means that whenev-er any disease occurs there must be some loss of immunity in the related system and the factors responsible for the disease are the cause for lowering the immune response which ultimately indicates the effect of dif-ferent psychological behaviors on immunity of the body. Ayurvedic texts are full of examples where Mansik Bhavas are mentioned as Hetu in many diseases. Acharya Charak mentioned in Vimanasthan chapter 6 that there is a relation between Sharirik and Mansik Doshas. In this review article we will understand the Role of Mansik Bhavas in Sharirik Vyadhi Utpatti with differ-ent reference given in Ayurvedic texts and what can be the probable cause of that in terms of immunity ac-cording to modern researches.