The Spiritual Health

Ayurveda is the science of holistic healing. The ayurveda evolves from two words, Ayu and Veda.  “Ayu” means life and “Veda” means science or knowledge. Thus the meaning of Ayurveda is science of life. Ayurveda is not only regarding treatment of diseases but also living a complete life. Ayurveda aims at maintaining a healthy life and curing diseases.

The basic principles of Ayurveda are:
1.    Pancha Maha Bhootas: According to Ayurveda the human body is constituted of Pancha Maha Bhootas. The   Pancha Maha Bhootas   are present in both living and nonliving beings but the only difference is the “Chaitanya”. The other words for “Chaitanya”  are ‘life spark’ ‘soul’ ‘spirit’ ‘consciousness’ . The Pancha Maha Bhootas  is a combination of five basic eternal elements which are space, air, fire, water and earth. These five elements have to be studied and understood in subtle as well as material sense.

2.    Tridoshas:  The Pancha Maha Bhootas   exhibit themselves in the body of human beings as three energies known as Tridoshas. ‘Dosha’ means ‘that which maintains and controls the body’. The Tridoshas are Vata, Pitta and Kapha. Vata is accountable for controlling destruction.  Pitta is fire and is basically thermogenic.  Kapha is constituted of Water and earth and is responsible for maintaining the creation.

3.    Trigunas: The Trigunas refer to the three mental qualities which are Sattwa , Rajas and  Tamas. The Trigunas are found in nature parallel to the Tridoshas. Sattwa means purity,   Rajas means relentless activity while Tamas means a dull mind. Tridoshas exist for the body while the Trigunas exist for the mind.

4.    Agni: The Agni relates to the digestive fire in other words the enzymes. The food in the alimentary canal is digested because of Agni. The digestion is controlled by the Tridoshas. Excess gas and Irregular digestion is caused by excess of Vayu. The digestion is controlled by 13 Agnis.

5.    Dhatus:  The Dhatus refers to body tissues. There are  7 dhatus namely (i)Plasma (Rasa);  (ii)Blood  (Rakta); (iii)Muscle (Mamsa); (iv)Fat (Medas); (v)Bone (Ashti); (vi)Marrow (majja); and  (vii)Reproductive (ukra).

6.    Malas: The malas refers to body wastes. The proper elimination of feces, urine, sweat and other wastes such as tears, spit, oil secretions through the skin, secretions of the mucoid, smegma from the genitalia is an important factor for maintenance of good health.

7.    Prakriti: The Prakriti means the constitutional type. The proportion of the doshas represented by the Prakriti. It represents the ideal state of balance. In other sense it is a goal which we should strive to achieve. The knowledge of Prakriti helps the ayurvedic doctor in determining the line of treatment.

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Directly or indirectly, we all use Ayurveda in our regular life. Do you add, mint leaves, tulsi (ocimum sanctum), ginger into your tea? If you do, then you follow ayurveda regularly.

Ayurveda is a self care system which originated more than 5000 years ago in India. Ayurveda uses herbal plants in various forms and combinations to cure a wide range of illnesses and sickness. Slowly, but consistently ayurveda is becoming popular all around the world with many practitioners adding various new practices, well researched and experienced principles and also therapies to improve the life. Thus it can be in a simple line said as the art of healthy living.

Ayurveda- The word can be divided into two root words “ayu” and “veda” which combine together to form the magical medical treatment method named ayurveda that uses various herbs. Ayurveda when translated means “the science of life”. This simple definition of ayurveda is further expanded by the experts making us understand the new meaning of ayurveda.

According to the great ayurveda experts, the meaning of “ayu” is not just restricted to life. According to the principles of ayurveda, when our complete body, all five senses, heart, mind and spirit function properly in a coordinated manner and are in proper balance only then it can be truly said as a true life or the living body. Similarly, “Veda” does not exactly mean science. It means an ageless never changing knowledge which is based on basic fundamental properties. Veda is also a map which will guide you onto how to benefit from knowledge.

Ayurveda not just provides you the basic information to cure disease and illness but also teaches us what life is and how to sustain the physical health and also our mind, heart senses and spirit. It helps provides a wide range of information from what a person should eat, drink and what type of lifestyle to follow to achieve maximum amount of benefit for a healthy living. Thus even if you don’t want to get too much into depth of ayurveda some small amount of knowledge is still necessary for a healthy problem free life.

There are two basic objectives of Ayurveda.

• The first objective of ayurveda is to keep an already healthy person healthy for life.
• While the next objective of ayurveda is to teach a person who does not have any knowledge of ayurveda or how to keep healthy the right method to get rid of the bodies imbalance and thus live a healthy life.

So, if you don’t have much knowledge about the science of healthy living, you better start taking your life a bit seriously and follow the ayurvedic principles to sustain the good health.