The goal of Ayurveda has been to alleviate human suffering.

To the ancient seers - rishis who established Ayurveda on Earth, suffering equalled disease and happiness meant good health.

The Ayurvedic physician should always try to eventually guide his patients towards understanding that in order to avoid sufferring, the patient must avoid his own destructive and self-destructive actions.

 On the physiological level, the goal of the treatment is always to strengthen an individual's own immune system to such a degree that the body can become its own doctor, eliminating infection before disease can take serious hold.

For the diseases that have gone beyond a patient's control, there have been innumerable effective cures.