Caraka Samhita, Nidana Sthana 7.5; types at Nidana 7.3
Know unmada as derangement of mind, intellect, consciousness, knowledge, memory, inclination, character, activity and conduct.
Know unmada as derangement of mind, intellect, consciousness, knowledge, memory, inclination, character, activity and conduct.
Perverted intellect, agitation of sattva, restless eyes, impatience, incoherent speech, and a vacant heart-mind — these are the common marks of unmada.
Medicine is of three kinds: daiva-vyapasraya (ritual and meaning), yukti-vyapasraya (reasoned diet and drug), and sattvavajaya. Sattvavajaya is restraint of the mind from unwholesome objects.
Disorders of the mind are met with knowledge, skilled knowing, courage, memory, and collectedness.
Discernment, courage, and knowledge of the self are the highest medicine for disorders of the mind.
One whose fundamental energies (doshas) and digestive fire are balanced, whose tissues and eliminations work well, and whose self, senses and mind are clear and content, is called healthy (svastha).