A ROLE OF SHIROBASTI IN PATHO-PHYSIOLOGY OF SLEEP DISORDER -A REVIEW

Shirobasti can be claimed as a safe and effective therapy in the management of Sleep Disorder. The other modalities of treatment like administration of hypnotics and sedatives are having their own side effects like drug dependency, tolerance towards the drug, hang over, mental irritation and keep the person away from the family and society. Sleep is the state where in all the cells which are concern to sleep are in resting membrane potential state, which is attained when the electric impulse is below -65 mv. If electric impulse anything above -65 mv and below -45 mv that stage is called as active potential state. In any given medicine or any procedures adopted is able to bring down electric impulse to below -65 mv, the purpose is to serve to bring the state of sleep. The oils used in  Shirobasti as a media to convey the potency of the drugs which have the property of inducing the sleep to the site of action and the drugs which used in preparing the oils helps to attaining cells to resting membrane potential stage. This is how the Shirobasti helps in inducing the sleep.