THERAPEUTIC EVALUATION OF YASHTIMADHU GHANA VATI AND TAGARA GHANA VATI ALONG WITH PSYCHOTHERAPY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF MENTAL ADJUSTMENT DISORDER OF YOUNG ADULTS

Being a health science with holistic approach, Ayurveda looks the mind as integral part of life and health. It advocates the inter-relationship between mind, body and spirit as a whole. It means an imbalance of mental level is equally reflected and re-enforced at physical level and vice versa. When allowed to persist for long time, the psychic and somatic disorders get combined with each other. Ayurveda recommends certain practices to control mind in a view of achieving mental health. So for that purpose present study includes both Drug and Psychotherapy. 112 patients were screened from the survey study (367) and were randomly divided into two groups by Chit method. After completion of trial it was observed that Yashtimadhu & Tagara both are equally effective in a Mental Adjustment disorders though their mode of actions are different. Keywords: Ayurveda, Yashtimadhu, Tagara, mental adjustment disorder, Glycyrrhiza glabra, Valeriana wallichii