Conceptual Insight of Etiopathogenesis of ADHD in Ayurvedic Idiom

Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a childhood psychiatric disorder found universally across countries with persistently rising incidences. Etiopathogenesis of ADHD is based on multifactorial etiological pathways concerning with neurobiological, genetic and environmental aspect. Although various causal links of the disease are precisely established in modern psychiatry, complete cure of ADHD patient without side-effect is till underachieved target for modern community. In Ayurvedic literature, ADHD is not described as separate clinical entity and hence an effort has been framed out to establish the etiopathogenesis(samprapti) of ADHD in Ayurvedic idiom. The conceptualization of Sampraptiof ADHD is purely based on the concept of vitiated doshdushyasammurchchanain the active presence of khavaigunya. This knowledge of etiopathogenesis may reveal the specific nature of brain dysfunction in ADHD and may help to understand the development of symptomatology of