"ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICITY AND ITS RELATION TO AYURVEDA"

Ayurveda is one of the sages of ancient India to the mankind. Ayurveda is not only a system of medicine in the conventional sense of curing disease. It is also a way of life that teaches us how to maintain and protect mental and physical health and achieve longevity. Ayurveda does not have a specific text as Epidemiology, but the principles described are compiled, analyzed and interpreted in the light of modern theories of epidemiology. Ayurveda is the ancient system of Medicine in the world. It has two aims; i.e. prevention and promotion of health and secondly cure from the disease.[1] The environmental toxicity were included in ‘Janpadodhvansa vyadhi’. It is included under the concept of ‘Epidemiology’ in modern science.