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Ayurveda is the most ancient indigenous medical system of India.
According to various Ayurvedic literatures, Brahma(the complier) was the divine
source of this science. Ayurveda is that which deals with good, bad, blissful
and sorrowful life, and with what is wholesome and unwholesome for it,
longevity, and about what Ayu(life) is in itself.
The
main aim of Ayurveda is to attain virtual acts, wealth, desire and salvation.
Ill health takes away from the health and happiness from life. There are main
two objects of Ayurveda. One is preserve the health of healthy
person(preventive) and the second one is alleviation of disorders in the
diseased(curative). The preventive medicine gets the first position which
indicates the priority of ancients.
The definition of health was given by texts of
Ayurveda few thousand years ago.
- Humors and metabolic state are in
balance state
- Functional activities of the tissues
and excretory products are in balance
- The soul, senses and mind feel
well(mental state)
- Balance in quality quantity and
functionally
WHO
definition of health
- Health is a state of complete
physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely absence of disease or
infirmity.
- Physical health(biologically)- a
state which every cell and every organ is functioning at optimum capacity and
in perfect harmony with the rest of the body.
- Mental health(psychologically)- a
state in which the individual feels a sense of perfect well-being.
- Social health- a state in which the
individual’s capacities for participation in the social system are optimal.
