Steer Eliot
Teachers College, Columbia, USA.
J Ayurveda Integr Med. 2019 Jan-Mar;10(1):59-66. doi: 10.1016/j.jaim.2017.08.002. Epub 2019 Jan 15.
Ayurveda, an Indian medical science has been practiced for thousands of years. What makes Ayurveda relevant today is its subtle understanding of the environment and its focus on the generation of good health through one's own lifestyle choices. The digestive system has long been an area of critical importance within the Ayurvedic system and is only now being acknowledged by modern science as a key component in the regulation of physical and mental well-being. The gut microbiome and enteric nervous system are two particular areas in which the onset of psychiatric disorders, such as depression, have been associated. There are some striking similarities between this biomedical understanding of the gastrointestinal system and the Ayurvedic perspective of disease development. Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is becoming increasingly linked with gut dysregulation in contemporary literature and is a pathology explored within both the Ayurvedic and Western systems of medicine. This literature review seeks to draw parallels between these two areas of study and highlight the importance of the digestive system when diagnosing and treating MDD.
阿育吠陀，一门印度医学，已经实践了数千年。使阿育吠陀在当今具有相关性的是其对环境的精妙理解以及对通过个人生活方式选择来促进健康的关注。长期以来，消化系统在阿育吠陀体系中一直是至关重要的领域，而直到现在现代科学才承认它是调节身心健康的关键组成部分。肠道微生物群和肠神经系统是两个特别的领域，在这些领域中，诸如抑郁症等精神疾病的发病与之相关。这种对胃肠系统的生物医学理解与阿育吠陀对疾病发展的观点之间存在一些显著的相似之处。在当代文献中，重度抑郁症（MDD）与肠道失调的联系日益紧密，并且它是阿育吠陀医学体系和西方医学体系都探讨的一种病理学。这篇文献综述旨在找出这两个研究领域之间的相似之处，并强调在诊断和治疗重度抑郁症时消化系统的重要性。
