Environmental Hygiene –An Ayurvedic Perspective

Health is multifactorial, the factors which influence health lies both within the individual and externally in the society in which he or she gives it is a truism to say that what man is and to what diseases he may fall victim depends on a combination of two sets of factors - his genetic factors and the environmental factors to which he is exposed. The health of an individual’s residing place is always influenced by the environmental changes. Widespread manifestation of diseases occurs due to lack of environmental hygiene.in Ayurveda there is description of both internal and external environment, external environment like Jala, Vayu, Bhumi and Kala has been explained in relation to health and disease. In this article a systematic review has been done regarding Janapadodwhamsa and its prevention and treatment, Air pollution causes and its prevention, soil description and kala (time factor). The purification methods mentioned in Ayurveda for water, air and soil are may be crude and useful in domestic level in rural area still they have scientific basis , these can bepropagated through mass media to reach even in urban area.