Impact of stress on vyadhikshamatwa (immunity)- a review article

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Despite having more awareness about health, the better medical facilities in the city, the people suffer more from diseases in the cities. We already saw it in the case of COVID-19. The only reason is poor immunity which is because of the altered lifestyle and the stress. Stress is necessary to perform the work that is called the eustress but if starts effecting our mind than it is called distress. This causes a lot of pathological conditions like peptic ulcer, Diabetes Mellitus, Coronary Artery disease, etc. In Ayurveda, Alpa satwam (weak mental strength) is described as one of the factors that are prone to diseases. Mansik doshas like chinta (worry) bhaya (fear ), and shok (grief) ultimately effects our oja & bala that leads to many diseases like Anaemia (Pandu), Tuberculois (rajayakshma), Kshatksheen (physical debility ) , Diabetes mellitus (Madhumeha). We the people of India have inherited Ayurveda from our ancestors. That’s western people were affected more severely by Covid- 19 than any other developing country like India. People around the world accepted the potential of Ayurveda and realised if we follow the principles of Ayurveda, it will increase our immunity and keep diseases at bay. Keywords: Stress