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Basic Principles The objectives of Ayurveda are preservation and promotion of the health of a healthy person and restoration of health in the diseased. Good health is the fundamental pre-requisite to acquire materialistic, social and spiritual upliftment of human being. The Universe, according to Ayurveda is composed of five basic elements ─ Pancha Mahabhootas viz. Earth (Prithvi), Water (Jala), Fire (Agni), Air (Vayu), andSpace (Akash). As the human body is similarly constituted, there is a fundamental similarity between universe and man. A he |
