Hysteria

Causes & Symptoms

Women are generally the victims of this disorder which occurs in the young age, particularly to those who cannot satiate their sex hunger but the symptoms disappear soon after marriage in most of the cases. It has no relation to sex disorders, rather mental disturbance is a predominating cause. There is no froth at the month (as in epilepsy), the patient falls to the ground without shrieking sound, and slips into coma rather gradually. If there is no unconsciousness, the patient wails.

Corrective and Preventive measures

• Remove the cause of constipation.

• Flatulence, indigestion should be prevented by taking lemon juice, cumin, black salt, fried asafoetida (Heeng).

• Attend to menstrual complaints, if any.

• Remove cause of mental tension and agony.

• Avoid reading (viewing) listening to such books, magazines, movies, audio cassettes or playing records which ignite libido.

• Take only nutritious and balanced diet but avoid such foods as cause constipation, or loose motions, flatulence, dyspepsia.

• Take Shankhpushpi, Brahmi, Muktapishti, Suvama Bhasma, Makardwaj or Praval Pishti etc to support and sustain action of heart, after consulting your doctor.

• During the attack drop onion juice (2-3 drops) in each nostril/inhale camphor, naushadar and lime mixed compound: splash cold water on the face or massage ghee over forehead.

• Use onion, garlic, asafoetida, black salt, balvach, lemon etc as essential ingredients with food.

• Use balvach or Brahmi, or still better vrihat vata Chintaniani Ras as per your physician's advice.

• Marjara Kasturi 100 mg per dose may be taken with unequal quantity of ghee and honey or extract Guice) of brahmi leaves. These may be given with either of the said vehicles.

No medicine can prove effective unless the underling cause has been singled out. Take the patient into confidence, reassure her of quick recovery, build up confidence, provide congenial and healthy environs.

Ayurvedic Medicines

• Mahaabhravati - 100 mg with honey

• Sootikavinod Ras - 100 mg with honey

• Prataplankeshwar Ras - 100mg with extract of fresh ginger.

• Jcerakaadi Modak - ½ gm or 1 gm after break fast and supper only to remove indigestion.

• Saubhae, ryashunthi - ½ gm or 2 gms with Goat's/cow's milk twice daily.

• After meals, give leerakadyaarishta 1-2 TSP mixed with equal quantity of water.

Consult your physician about suitability and requisite dose for the most suitable remedy.

Complications during pregnancy

Vomiting: Vomiting or nausea during trimester is quite natural and common. No medicine is required but if vomiting is severe and persistent, it must be stopped, other wise (premature) abortion may take place. Powder of cardamon seeds (400 mg) may be given with honey and licked 4-6 times a day. Eladi vati may be sucked or taken with honey. Essence of camphor, mint and thymol (which, when mixed, turns into liquid form) may be dropped (5-6 drop doses) on a lump of sugar, and taken.

Diarrhoea: Mash banana in curd or give with rice water or Lavangadi churna (Stree Ragadhikar) 200mg daily (thrice daily) with goat's milk. Prepare a decoction of Dhania, (Nagarmotha , sugandhbala & pulp of bael fruit) will serve multipurpose.

Fever: Godanti Bhasma, Saphatika Bhasma with juice of Guruch.

Cough: Violent persistent and fatiguing cough can also cause abortion and resultant bleeding, hence it must be controlled. Kharjuradi Vatil Eladi Vatilsitopladi chumaf Tabshadi Churna, sugar candy/catechu (kattha) may be used as per symptoms.

Enlargement of spleen: Juice of Punar nava with Punamava mandoor. Stop salt intake, but take milk and easily digestible diet.

Piles: Give radish to eat and also juice of radish.

Home Remedies useful in almost all disorder pertaining to pregnancy.

• Garbha chintamani Rasa

• Garbha piyushvaalli Ras

• Garbha vinod Rasa

• Indushekhar Ras

Usual dose is 100mg with honey, thrice daily but consult your physician before use. These medicines are said to be useful in all stages of pregnancy but requisite dose and repetition there of can be only determined by a physician who will, naturally, take into account other attendant/ disturbing factors also, before prescribing any medicine. Hence, be discreet.