The Sanskrit words 'ayus' and 'veda' mean longevity and knowledge respectively. Hence Ayurveda can simply be translated as 'The knowledge of longevity' or 'The science of life'.

"Ayurveda pertains to that which is beneficient, malevolent, joyous and sorrowful in life, and also to it's contributors and non-contributers, measurement and nature. Ayus is the conjunction of body, sense organs, mind and self."
 
                                                                                                                       - Caraka Samhita



We consider disease as a state in which man is other than his own being. Therefore cure to him means restoring man to his true normal self. Heeling according to us is the restoration of the natural conditions of the body and the mind and re - establishment a bodily and mental balance. This is our conviction that the foundation of Ayurved rested on the inherited on a spiritualistic base as a pre - requisite for the treatment of any disease.