Dr. Vasant Lad

So Ayurveda, look at every disease as certain imbalance between body, mind and consciousness.

Imbalance between vata, pitta, kapha.

And there are dhatu, the seven dhatus.

So, dosha dhatu malamulam hi shariram.

This constitution, the foundation of the constitution is Tri-Dosha, Sevan-Dhatu, and Tri-Mala.

Within this structure, they have built their whole system of medicine.

And when they are out of balance, then it creates illness.

So, the very beautiful definition of disease is Dosha, Dusha, Sammursana, Janito Vyasa.

Aggravated dosha entering into the tissue, they attack the tissue and they alter the tissue's function and tissue structure and then it will create a disease.

This is wonderful.

And what we are doing in Panchakarma, we are separating this complex network.

of mixture of dosha and dhatu.

Because in that, we build ama.

Ama is a toxic, morbid, metabolic waste.

And if our agni, the digestive fire, is not at par, then undigested food becomes toxic.

So, amma is a toxic, morbid metabolic waste.

And that amma is accumulating in the brain, in the lungs, in the liver, in the heart, in the cardiovascular system.

And that causes the disease.

So, this is a very long lingering.

During acute attack, we have to go to the modern medicine.