The 21st century is the era of information technology as it has become a part of every day life of all people. The technology has made a remarkable change in the world but the people involved in this field because of their profession in the long term are prone to develop a lot of health problems, as this profession involves working for a long time in front of the computers and thus less of physical activity.

The different health problems which generally I.T. professionals complain are headaches, strain on eyes, pain in joints and neck, acidity, sleeping problems, increase in weight, allergic asthma etc. As modern medicines can give temporary relief but in the long term these will result in lots of side effects and reduce immunity of the person. So, the only way to give complete cure without any side effects, is through alternative medicines such as Ayurveda.

"Prayojanam chashya savasthshya savashthrakshnam aturashya vikarprashmanam cha" (charak sutra- 30/26) It means - protection of the health of the healthy persons and cure of the diseased persons.

Through holistic approaches of Ayurveda most of health problems of IT professionals can be cured. Given below are the different problems & their management through Ayurveda

Eye problems- eye ache, blood shot eyes, itchy eyes and watery discharge problems due to constant staring at the computer problems Management - Trifladi yoga, Mahatrifla ghrith, saptamrit lauha

• Triphala
• Aaschyothan
• Eye exercise

stress and heavy work loads, being preoccupied with only mental activity and inadequate rest and sleep

Management -Snehan, swedan, mardan, nashya (shad bindu tel )

• Vatnasak dravya
• Sira suladi bajra ras
• Praval bhasm
• Godanti bhasam
• Chandanadi lepa
• Triputadi lepa
• Medya rasayan

intestinal problems such as acidity and constipation due to sitting on a chair for long time, working late in night, not eating at right meal times, inadequate sleep, eating of fast food and takeaways, less intake of liquids and less fibre in diet etc. The possible treatments are mentioned below- a. Acidity a- Abipatikar churan

• Murktasukhti bhasm
• constipation
• Trifla churan
• Ajmodadi churan
• Abhyarishta

As not much of physical activity is involved in this job most of the people are prone to become obese. The internal organs like liver, pancreas and kidneys all become lazy and less efficient. Management-

• Nidan parivarjan
• Apatarpan chikitsha
• Upavasadi langhan karma
• Karshan ahar
• Trifla and madhu
• Phaltrikadi yoga
• Gugglu preparations

working in non -natural environments i.e. in air conditioned offices with no natural light and fresh air

• Management- Uses of rasayan
• Braham rasayan
• Chyvanprash
• Trifla rasayan
• Amritha satva

due to stress, competitions, overburden of work, sleep disturbances and less time to relax and exercise

• Management- Mukta pisti
• Jawahar mohra
• Brahami vati
• Sarpgandha churna
• Arjun churan
• Arjunarishta
• Saraswataristh

Problems such as cervical spondylitis, Lumbar spondylitis and Sandhi vata may commonly be seen due to continues seating on a chair in one position for long time, working under air condition vents, stress on neck muscles due to continues staring at computer screens.

• Management -Vatasaman chikitsa
• Snenhan and swedan
• Dasmool kwath/ rasnadi kwath
• Yograj guggul/ chandraprabha vati/ trayodasangvati
• Singhnad guggul
• Vatgajankush ras
• Brihath vat chinta mani ras
• Praval pisti
• Swaran makshik bhasam
• Mahavat vidhwanshan ras

Due to working in air conditioned environment, being away from fresh air and light for long periods

• Uses of rasayan
• Laxmi vilas ras
• Sanjeevani vati
• Shring bhasm
• Abhrak bhasm
• Trikatu bhasm
• Amrita satva

Apart from the above management even Abhyangam (full Body Massage with herbal oil, sirodhara, Indian Head massage, Meditation and Pranayam ( Anulom Vilom and Kapal bhrastrika) and some Ashanas (surya namashkar, bhoomi naman asasan, katichakra asasan, dhanura asasan, maurya asasan, pavan mukta asasan, hala asasan, sidha asasan, padma asasan and chakra asasan) should be a part of the life styles of these people.