In the Sushruta Samhita, perfect health is described as one having balanced doshas, balanced dhatus, balanced digestion/elimination, a strong immune system, a symptom-free body and a content state of mind. In some translations they even go so far as to say a “blissful state of the mind and emotions”.
That is the WHAT of perfect health, I like to think that Aristotle gave us a nod to the HOW. There is an Aristotelian quote that I love. It applies so well when we are working with our clients on the creation of Perfect Health.
Usually, we just see the heart of this quote, “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.” Even that small section is great, but to really understand how this particular quote applies to the concept of Perfect Health, we want to look at the full quote.