Too Much, Too Little

Human actions involving over-or underdulgence are real killers. Problems arise from eating too much or too little or the wrong kinds of foods. Sleeping too much or too little, having too much or not enough sex, exercising too much or not enough, worrying too much, not going to the bathroom when you need to, sitting in a poor posture -all these and many other factors were identified as contributors to ill health.

But more than any other factor, Ayurveda identified "happiness" as the cause of health and "unhappiness" as the cause of disease. It strongly emphasized the psychosomatic nature of illness, making Ayurveda a very early form of holistic medicine!