Ayurveda has been around for about 5000 years, having its roots in the Indus valley civilisation.
Ayurveda is a part of Atharvaveda, One of the Four Vedas – Rigveda, Samarvaveda, Yajurvaveda and Atharvaveda. The Vedas are a collection of hymns and other ancient religious texts written in India between about 1500 and 1000 BCE.
Ayurveda is a comprehensive Holistic system of natural health care. Its primary emphasis is on the prevention of disease and maintenance of health. It also provides treatment for the disease. Ayurveda translates as the ‘Science of Life,’ and it addresses all aspects of life, including consciousness/mind, physiology, behaviour, and environment.
Ayurveda places a great emphasis on the effect of different seasons and your diet equilibrium of the body.
Our Doshas or our attributes prevail differently, at different times of the day, and during seasons these cause physiological changes in the body.
Ayurveda is all about being adaptive and moving along with those seasons and environmental changes to have perfect health.
In the posts to come, You shall learn in detail about Ayurveda, the terms, the science and some home remedies. Samkhya philosophy, one of the oldest philosophical systems says that three states of energy came into play for the creation of the universe. These three states are known as gunas, which means ‘ropes that bind us to the physical world’. Which of these states predominate in your mind contributes to determining your psychological constitution
There are 3 Gunas – Sattva, Rajas and Tamas
The following table describes the Gunas, their state of energy, characteristics and Attributes.
The interaction of these three forces creates a unique and harmonious flow of creation, maintenance and destruction.
These 3 Gunas forms 5 elements which are said to be building blocks or elements from which our world is created (Materialistic World)
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