European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

AYURVEDA CONCEPTS OF PANCHAMAHABHUTAS AND DOSHAS, THEIR BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE: A REVIEW

Prof. Lokesh Chandra Sharma* and Prof. Vishnu Prasad Sharma

ABSTRACT

The ancient Ayurveda described several concepts related to the health and disease management; concepts of Panchamahabhutas and Dhatus are amongst them which contributed significantly towards the understating of patho-physiology of diseases and physiological functioning of human body. The human body is composed by Panchabhautika components and these components are related with the Doshas, Guna and Rasa, etc. thus the concept of Panchamahabhutas can also be employed for the treatment of diseases. Similar to Panchamahabhutas the concept of Doshas also play vital role towards the normal and abnormal physiological functioning of body. There are three Doshas present in human body namely; Vata, Pitta and Kapha. The balancing state of these Doshas helps to restore normal physiology while abnormal state of Doshas affects health status. Doshas associated with Panchamahabhutas thus contributed towards the biological constitution.

Keywords: Ayurveda, Doshas, Panchamahabhutas, Concept.