ROLE OF ACHAR RASAYANA AS ANTIAGING AGENT IN OLDER PEOPLES

Mithun Mahata* and Dr. Partha Biswas

Introduction: Achara Rasayana is a unique concept in Ayurveda that implies moral, ethical conduct. It contains truth, nonviolence, meditation, personal and public cleanliness, mental and personal hygiene, devotion, compassion, and a yogic lifestyle. Aging is a natural process. Sometimes some factors influence the process of aging. Antiaging indicates the control or regulate those factors. Aims: Understanding the role and mechanism of achar rasayan as antiaging agent. Materials and Methods: Searching through various Samhita, research journal, websites, ayurvedic literatures. Results: Factors like telomeres, glycation, mitochondrial dysfunction, free radical damage etc. along with yet unknown ones may be responsible for aging. Achar rasayan has the role of normalizing the important neuro transmitters like serotonin, nor epinephrine, gamma amino butyric acid metabolism and regulates neuro-psychological processes. Meditation declines free radical levels in blood. Discussion: Free radicals attack nucleic acids bases, amino acid side chains in proteins and macromolecules is often called oxidative stress. This condition induces the process of aging. Oxidative stress also disrupting the function of enzymes, receptors, neurotransmitters, and structural proteins. Achara Rasayana can be adopted as a preventive and therapeutic aspect. Several studies have linked meditation which is the part of achar rasayan is responsible for reductions of various measures of oxidative stress. Conclusion: Achar rasayana has a great impact to increase our quality of life by normalise the activities of neuro transmitters like serotonin, nor epinephrine, gamma amino butyric acid. Achar rasayana contains various socio behavioural measures including meditation which are highly effective to reductions the level of oxidative stress. For those reasons, we can consider achar rasayana as a antiaging agent for older peoples.