MULTI-DIMENSIONAL FATIGUE INVENTORY: A TOOL TO ASSESS SHRAMA

Authors

  • Suma Patil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.70066/jahm.v3i3.253

Keywords:

Shrama, Fatigue, Multi-Dimensional Fatigue Inventory.

Abstract

Assessment of human being (Purusha) is the basic essential pre-requisite in Ayurveda. To fulfill both goals of Ayurveda that is, swasthya rakshana and vikara prashamana after proper assessment of person health promoting measure should be applied. Treatment of disease will be possible after proper analysis of disease and diseased. Shrama is defined as tiredness. The drugs and regimen that removes shrama are known as shramahara. Acharya charaka enumerates ten drugs in shramahara dashemani. As of today there are no inventories or scales to quantify shrama and measure shramahara karma in humans. Shrama arbitrarily holds equal with the concept of Fatigue of contemporary science. The similarity is observed in physiological and pathological platforms. Fatigue is a subjective feeling of tiredness that can be assessed by various scales. Multidimensional fatigue inventory is a novel tool developed to assess fatigue. This article proposes that Multi-Dimensional Fatigue Inventory can be used as an assessment tool for shrama and shramahara karma.

Author Biography

Suma Patil

PG Scholar, Dept. of PG Studies in Ayurveda Siddhantha and Samhita. Govt. Ayurvedic Medical College, Mysore

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Published

2021-04-14

How to Cite

Patil , S. (2021). MULTI-DIMENSIONAL FATIGUE INVENTORY: A TOOL TO ASSESS SHRAMA. Journal of Ayurveda and Holistic Medicine (JAHM), 3(3). https://doi.org/10.70066/jahm.v3i3.253

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 3 (2015): Journal of Ayurveda and Holistic Medicine (JAHM)

Section

Review Article

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