Internet gaming is the most entertaining activity of current generation, especially of the young adolescents. Gaming provides, a sense of accomplishment through a virtual reality platform and finally, intense degree of fun. Anyhow Spending too much time and avoiding all necessary activities for gaming leads to Internet gaming addiction. Due to the negative consequences in the behavioral and cognitive components and the alteration in reward and anti-reward system it is considered as a disorder in DSM 5 and ICD 11. Symptoms include anxiety, depression, preoccupied thoughts, irritability, playing games to feel better, insomnia, feeling of emptiness, inability to control the gaming, restlessness, fantasies and dreams about the game. In this review, the concept of gaming disorder in Ayurveda is concentrated in the light of Manovikaras/ Manasika Bhava, Prajnaparadha and Asathmya Indriyartha Samyoga. Management approaches are discussed in preventive and curative aspects. Management can also be done by assessing the dosha predominance and severity in each stage.

Dementia is a syndrome due to degeneration of the cerebral cortex, usually of a chronic or progressive nature, in which there is disturbance of multiple higher cortical functions, including memory, thinking, orientation, calculation, comprehension, capacity to learn, language skills and judgment. Alzheimer’s dementia, Frontotemporal dementia, dementia with lewy bodies, vascular dementia, Huntington’s dementia and Parkinson dementia are the types of dementia. Alzheimer’s dementia is the most common one among the category. The prevalence of depressive symptoms in dementia is 30% and is presented with symptoms such as poor appetite, sleep perversions and social withdrawal. Features of Smrti vibhrama and characteristics of Pranavrta vyana are being observed Alzheimer’s dementia. There is still no effective cure for dementia in contemporary medicine. So, developing an Ayurvedic protocol to treat dementia is a necessity. This is the case of a 72-year-old male presented with loss of interest in daily activities, fatigue, reduced appetite and increased sleep for duration of 7 months and underwent treatment for 1 month. Diagnosis was done based on the criteria in DSM 5 and the severity was assessed by Mini- mental status Examination and Hamilton’s Depression Scale. The management was a combination of modalities including Deepana, Pacana, Virecana, Nasya and follow-up of 1 month. The treatment modalities were found to be effective in the cognitive and depressive symptoms as well as improving the social behaviour in dementia patient.