Ayurveda is the oldest surviving medical system in the world. It is a holistic system of healing that focuses on establishing and maintaining health of the body.

Ayurveda originated from ancient texts but its principles are just as applicable today in our society as they were in the Vedic period. The basic principles of Ayurveda deal with the natural way of living a healthy life.

According to Ayurveda, every living being in the universe is a combination of five basic elements called Panchamahabhootas. These five elements are space, air, fire, water and earth. Balancing these elements is the best method to maintain health and in the treatment of diseases. Earth corresponds to the solid structure in the body, water is in all body fluids, fire controls the functioning of enzymes, air denotes the movement and space corresponds to spaces within the body.

These panchamahabhootas combine into three more energy levels known as Tridoshas that determines our health and physical condition. These three doshas or humors are vatta, pitta and kapha. The elements air and space combines together to form vatta, elements fire and water forms pitta and the elements earth and water combines to form kapha. Each dosha plays an important role in the maintenance of the body. The panchamahabhootas and tridoshas are not visible to the naked eye but all the physical structures and physiological functions are included in them.

Therefore, Ayurveda is regarded as a holistic system of medicine that joins together the science and philosophy in order to balance the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual components of the human body necessary for good health.