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A review on the concept of aging in Ayurveda literature

  • Aswathy Yamuna Sisupalan ORCID logo , Prathibha Changuli Krishna Bhat , Devipriya Soman and Anandaraman Puthanmadom Venkatraramana Sharma EMAIL logo
Published/Copyright: May 20, 2021
Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine
From the journal Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine Volume 19 Issue 2

Abstract

Objectives

Various aspects of aging in Ayurveda literature has been explored and correlated it with modern biological understanding.

Content

The concept of longevity is better understood upon the baseline understanding of Aging ie. Jara. Manda Jara or Ajara is synonymous with longevity. Vriddhavastha/Jirnavastha/Jara (old age) is the period after 60 or 70 years of age. This stage of life becomes very crucial as degenerative changes occur in the body. Deterioration occurs to Dhatus, Indriya (perception power), Bala (strength), Virya (potency), Utsaha (enthusiasm), Paurusha (masculinity), Parakrama (valour), Grahana (reception), Dharana (retention), Smarana (memory), Vachana (speech). Brihatrayis and Laghutrayis were reviewed to analyze the various aspects of Ayu and Jara and correlated with research papers establishing the concept of aging in terms of evidence-based technological advancements. Databases like PubMed, Scopus were searched using keywords like Jara, Ayu Lakshana, Aging, Old age, Senescence, biomarkers, DNA, blood biochemistry, proteomics, genomics, microbiota, microbiome, androgen, estrogen, lipolysis, peripheral blood monocytes, collagen, cognitive function; with the help of Boolean operators.

Summary

Various aspects of Jara in Ayurveda have been analyzed by taking ample references from evidence-based technological advancements related to the physiology of aging. The indicators of biological aging based on recent researches like genomic irregularities, mitochondrial dysfunction, cellular senescence, altered protein expression, immunological markers, oxidative stress, pathological microbiota profile, telomere shortening in peripheral blood monocytes, lipolysis, and many other factors have been put forward for basic evidence in relation with Jara Lakshana.

Outlook

Understanding the physiology of aging will give the insight to manage the elderly. So, the need of the hour is to develop strategies or to conduct more researches which prevent senile disorders and thus increase the health span for the future generation.

Keywords: aging; Ayurveda; biomarkers; Jara ; Jirnavastha ; Vridhavastha
Corresponding author: Dr. Anandaraman Puthanmadom Venkatraramana Sharma, Professor, HOD, Department of Panchakarma, All India Institute of Ayurveda, An autonomous organization of Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India Mathura Rd, Gautampuri Awas, Sarita Vihar, New Delhi, Delhi 110076, India, E-mail:

  1. Research funding: None declared.

  2. Author contributions: All authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.

  3. Competing interests: Authors state no conflict of interest.

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  5. Ethical approval: Not applicable.

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Received: 2020-08-03
Accepted: 2021-04-14
Published Online: 2021-05-20

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https://doi.org/10.1515/jcim-2020-0267
Keywords for this article
aging; Ayurveda; biomarkers; Jara; Jirnavastha; Vridhavastha

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