AYURVEDA

Ayurveda can be defined as a system, which uses the inherent principles of nature, to help maintain health in a person by keeping the individual's body, mind and spirit in perfect equilibrium with nature.

AIM OF AYURVEDA

The aim of this system is to prevent illness, heal the sick and preserve life. This can be summed up as follows:
To protect health and prolong life ("Swasthyas swasthya rakshanam")
To eliminate diseases and dysfunctions of the body ("Aturasya vikar prashamanamcha")

Eight components of Ayurveda

Ayurveda was called "the science of eight components" (Sanskrit aṣṭāṅga अष्टांग), a classification that became canonical for Ayurveda.

(General medicine) – Kāya-chikitsā: "cure of diseases affecting the body"
(Pediatrics) – Kaumāra-bhṛtya: "treatment of children"
(Surgery) – Śhalya-chikitsā: "removal of any substance which has entered the body (as extraction of darts, of splinters, etc.)"
(Ophthalmology / ENT/Dentistry) – Śālākya-tantra: "cure of diseases of the teeth, eye, nose or ear etc. by sharp instruments"[dubious – discuss]
(Demonology / exorcism / psychiatry) – Bhoot (ghost)-vidyā: "treatment of mental diseases"
(Toxicology) – Agada-tantra:Gada means Poison. "doctrine of antidotes"
(Anti Agings) – Rasayana-tantra: "doctrine of Rasayana"
(Aphrodisiacs) – Vājīkaraṇa tantra