Disease in Ayurveda

'Vyadhi', it is what is called for disease in Ayurveda. According to ayurveda, it is the state of body and mind in which they are subjected to pain, injury and discomfort. As per this age old medicine the basic reason is imbalance of the three common doshas - Vata, Pitta and kapha. This blog has already talked about these three doshas in the previous blog posts. The state of balance or equilibrium between these three doshas in the body is called health and the state of disequilibrium or imbalance is so called vyadhi or disease. The imbalance may be due to an increase or decrease in one, two or all the three doshas or the excess use of body senses.