[Four components of Healthcare] Physician, medicine, attendant (nursing staff) and the patient, these are four components which, all in their best of qualities are responsible for the complete cure of disease.
विकारो धातुवैषम्यं, साम्यं प्रकृतिरुच्यते| सुखसञ्ज्ञकमारोग्यं, विकारो दुःखमेव च ||४||
[Definitions of disease, health, happiness and unhappiness] Disequilibrium of dhatus is disease and their equilibrium is health. Health is termed as happiness, while disorder as unhappiness.
[Definition of chikitsa (therapeutics/management of disease)] Employment of all the excellent four – physician etc. – in case of disorder of dhatu with the objective of (re-establishing) their equilibrium is called “Therapeutics”.