"Balanced Doshas(humours),healthy Agni,a good state of tissues and their metabolic end products lead to a balanced state of the senses,mind and spirit,all of which lead to health".
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 healthy balance between the microcosm (human being) and the macrocosm (universe) is the basis of health.
Ayurveda is based on the theory of three humours