Kalmar "Ayurveda" kalma ce ta Sanskrit wacce ta kunshi kalmomi biyu: "Ayur" ma'ana "rayuwa" da "Veda" ma'ana "ilimi" ko "kimiyya". Don haka, Ayurveda yana nufin "kimiyyar rayuwa" ko "ilimin rayuwa"Ayurveda wani tsohon tsarin magani ne da warkarwa na Indiya wanda aka yi shi sama da shekaru 5,000. Yana jaddada mahimmancin daidaito da jituwa tsakanin hankali, jiki, da ruhu don kiyaye lafiya mai kyau da kuma hana rashin lafiya. Jiyya na Ayurvedic sun haɗa da kewayon magungunan ganye, jagororin abinci, ayyukan rayuwa, da hanyoyin kwantar da hankali na jiki. Manufar Ayurveda ita ce haɓaka lafiya da lafiya gabaɗaya, maimakon kawai magance takamaiman cututtuka ko cututtuka.