Among the dreadful psychological disorders, depression occupies the lion share. It is a common mental illness that causes you to feel sad, to lose interest in activities that you have always enjoyed, withdraw from others, to feel lethargic and become irritable. These problems can become chronic or recurrent and can lead to a substantial impairment in the individual's ability to take care of his or her daily activities. At its worst, depression can lead to suicide. According to WHO, globally about 350 million people are affected with depression. In Ayurveda Vishada and Avsada are two conditions which have close resemblance to depression. Even though this particular problem is not narrated under a single chapter or heading. In classical literature, we come across scattered references in various texts. Acharya Charaka has described the term Vishada in different contexts like Cause of a disease, Symptoms of a disease, as a Disease itself and Examination of mental factor. Vishada is defined as the condition of persistent sad mood, feeling of incompetence due to apprehension of failure resulting into incapability of mind and body to function properly. Charaka quotes "Vishado Rogavardhananam" i.e. it is the foremost factor to worsen the condition of any disease. This suggests that there may be a relationship between Immunity and Vishada. Vishada is one of the eighty Vataja Nanatmaja Vikaras which indicates that it cannot occur without the involvement of vata dosha.

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease whichinvolve multiple joints  of the body.The clinical symptoms of the Rheumatoid Arthritisresemble with Amavata described in Ayurvedic literature. In thisdisease, the vitiated Vatadosha and Ama spread all along the body and  localisein kaphasthana likejoints and producing symptoms like pain, stiffness, swelling, tendernessetc.Treatment principle recommended are to correct the status of the digestive fireof the bodyand balance of Vata in the body. In this case, a male patient of 28 years old presented with the symptoms of inabilityto walk and stand without support associated with pain, swelling and  stiffnessover multiple jointsalong with deformity of hands. Pain was assessed by Visual analogue score(VAS).The patient was admitted in IPD of the hospital andtreatedwith Ayurvedic  medicines and Panchakarma therapy for 28 days. Remarkable improvement was seen in pain, swelling and stiffness after the treatment.

Tamaka Shwasa (Bronchial Asthma) is considered basically a disorder of Pranavaha Srotasa in which other Srotasa are also involved. In this condition, there is vitiation of Vayu from its normal state due to obstruction of Srotasa because of Kapha. Vitiation of Vayu leads to severe episodes of breathlessness and the patient feels darkness all around. As “Breathlessness” is the predominant symptom along with feeling of darkness, hence this disease is named so. There are similarities in the etiopathogenesis, signs and symptoms of Tamaka Shwasa (Bronchial Asthma) and Bronchial asthma. Clinically Tamaka Shwasa (Bronchial Asthma) is most important among different types of Shwasa described in Ayurveda. This paper emphasizes about the Ayurvedic view of Shwasa especially Tamaka Shwasa (Bronchial Asthma) along with modern perspective and establishes the strong resemblances between them.

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