Ayurveda is the most ancient scientifically documented system of medicine. It describes both preventive and curative aspects of diseases. Healthy life
can be attained only through a healthy body. A good knowledge about Ayurveda helps to lead a healthy life. It prescribes what things are good for health and what are harmful, what may be accepted and what should be eschewed. The main principle of Ayurveda is to treat the disease is by pacifying the vitiated doshas and there by maintaining the equilibrium
and giving a complete cure. Post treatment precautions (pathya-apathya) help to prevent the recurrence of the disease. Ayurveda aims to reharmonise the living body and restore its natural state of equilibrium.