"Ayurveda and HealthAccording to Ayurvedic , health is the balance of elements air, earth, fire, and water. Sickness in Ayurveda occur due to the disbalance of any particular element."

I was in Ananda for two months and from there, I came to know the importance of Ayurveda to our helath . Dr Jai, my physicians, was a great help to me in detailing about Ayurveda and health.

There has been an acknowledgment of the holistic approach of Ayurveda in the field of medicine, towards the maintenance of health in healthy individuals and relieving the diseases of the suffering humanity. 'Health' is defined and recogonized in three important magnitude i.e., the physical, mental, and social and during the last decade, a fourth spiritual dimension has been added to the concept of total health. This four dimensional concept of total health has already been described in the age-old Ayurvedic texts, Thus the positive health care through Ayurveda' and 'holistic approach in positive health care are one of the same.

"Every system of medicine encourages people to five right, eat right and think right. Ayurveda gives equal importance to all the four dimensions of health by prescribing daily rituals, seasonal rituals and practices of healthy life styles." informed Dr.Jai."Ayurveda believes that the physical, chemical and biochemical laws can not be basically different, as they have common origin. The recognition of consciousness or spirit as a central factor in the etiology of an illness is the fundamental distinction between the healing traditions of the east and conventional western health care." he added.

In fact, Dr Jai also told me that ayurveda provides health care with the following ideologies: Preservation and promotion of health in the healthy state; Therapeutic care for the cure of the diseases when they occur; Rejuvenation of body, pschye and soul.

After knowing about the significance of ayurveda to human health, I was quite proud of my decision to come to India for my treatment.