Panch- Mahabhuta Siddhanta

Panch- Mahabhuta Siddhanta:

There are five basic elements of Mahabutas, which are
1. Prithvi (earth),
2. Apa (water),
3. Teja (fire),
4. Vayu(air), and
5. Akasha (void).

In Ayurveda, these five basic elements are combined together forming the mahabhutas.
Each mahabhutas has its own characteristics feature, properties and identification.
According to mahabhutas siddhanta the body takes these elements from nature and again release it back to nature.
The human body is balanced by the perfect balance of these elements.
But when the balance is distributed an unhealthy condition is developed, which is called as illness.

The principle role of,
Prithvi in the body is a form and shape.
Apa maintains moisture, liquidity and lubrication in the body.
Teja or fire develops heat and energy .
Vayu is referred as Parana,
Akasha is considered as pores and vacuoles.

Ayurvedic system of medicine - (Ayurveda)

Ayurvedic system of medicine:

Ayurveda which is the science of life, concern with the physical, mental and spiritual health of an individual human beings, animals, birds, etc.
Ayurveda is the science of plant medicine.

The term Ayurveda is Sanskrit, consisting of two words :
Ayur - means life and
veda - means scared knowledge or science.
Therefore, Ayurveda is a science of life. It is a holistic science of health.
Ayurveda is considered as the Upveda of Atharvaveda, which deals with different type of herbs, the anatomy and physiology of different organs of the body
and the principles of treatment of diseases. Charaka is the principle exponent in the Ayurvedic system of medicine.

Ayurveda is based on following three fundamental principles :

1. Panch - Mahabhuta Siddhanta,

2. Tridosha theory and

3.Guna - Rasa - Virya - Vipaka - Prabhava Siddhanta

Ayurveda is perhaps the oldest (6000 B.C.) system of medicine.
It spread with vedic and Hindu culture as far east as Indonesia and to the west upto ancient Greek. Buddhists added many new in sight to it, they took it along with their religion to many different countries.
Thus Ayurveda became the basis of healing and curing many diseases and illness in many other countries like Tibet, Sri Lanka, Burma, China and Greek.