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@article{184981,
        author = {Dr. AKASH DUHOON and DR. SMITA ZAMBARE},
        title = {An Ayurvedic Aspect of Anidra with Special Reference of Insomnia},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {4},
        pages = {4385-4392},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=184981},
        abstract = {Habitual sleeplessness or simply inability to sleep for a minimum period, which is necessary for a sound mental and physical health, is called Insomnia (Anidra). Ayurveda recognises the importance of sleep to health and has considered it as an upstambha of life. Insomnia is the most common sleep problem worldwide and can lead to many psychosomatic manifestations like fatigue, high blood pressure, inability to perform physical and mental activities and normally and badly hampers the quality of life.
Nowadays, many people are dependent on sleeping pills and have become habitual to them. Side effects of the sleeping pills like daytime drowsiness, dizziness, difficulty in keeping balance, constipation, loss of appetite etc. are potentially harmful. Hence it is need of the hour to understand the concept of insomnia explained in Ayurveda. Present comprises of causes, consequences and management of insomnia with the perspective of Ayurveda.},
        keywords = {Anidra, Upstambha, Insomnia.},
        month = {September},
        }