All the diseases arise as a result of less, excessive or abnormal digestive or tissue enzymes. Weak digestive power lowers the body resistance and acts as a predisposing factor to all the diseases.
The specific treatment for the disease depends upon the affection of ‘Srotas’ means channel of the particular system of body – See article.
Ayurveda presumes that intelligent impulses, like thoughts, express themselves as chemical molecules in the whole body !
Disinclination for food, anorexia, nausea, heaviness, impaired sensation of taste, fever with body ache, loss of digestive power, premature wrinkling of the skin and graying of hair are the manifestations of vitiation of these channels.
The treatment is directed towards educating the patient to attend promptly to and never to suppress the biological urges. Vataprakopa is the end result of suppression of all the urges.
Suppression of biological urges gives rise to different symptoms and diseases as referred here.
It is important to avoid hereditary diseases–. Atharvaveda mentions the use of Bhagavati that is Laghushatavari, Aparajita or Vishnukranta and Taraka that is Indravaruni by expectant parents and pregnant women for the prevention of hereditary diseases.
Non-religious conduct of the parents and mother’s act of not observing regulations prior to the menstrual period may be harmful to the foetus as noted here.
Neither God nor the demons or ghosts torment man. Man himself is responsible for the painful or comfortable state of his health.
Psychological factors like fear and anger, which result in stress and sympathetic activity increases vata and pitta doshas in the body. On the other hand, joy or happiness that increases parasympathetic activity would result in increase in the kapha doshas in the body.