earth
Earth elements represent solid materials. This element is a symbol of stability, permanence, and rigidity.
In our bodies, the parts such as bones, teeth, cells, and tissues are manifestations of the earth. Earth is considered a stable substance.
water
Characterize the water element and represents the change in the liquid state. Water is necessary for the survival of all creatures.
Most of the human body consists of water. Blood, lymph, and other fluids move between cells and through the blood vessels, bringing energy, get rid of metabolic waste, regulate temperature, fight disease, and carrying hormonal information from one place to another. Water is a substance without stability.
fire
Fire is an element that is able to convert solid to liquid, or gas, and returned to the parent substance. It means that the fire has the power to change the substance of any kind.
In our bodies, fire or energy will bind atoms. Fire also convert food to fat (stored energy) and muscle. Therefore, the fire works to convert food into energy.
The element of fire creates a reaction of nerve impulses, feelings, and thought processes. Fire is considered as a form without substance.
air
Air element is the gaseous material moving and dynamic. In our body, air (oxygen) is the basic element for all energy transfer reactions.
Oxygen is a key element needed fire to burn. The air can be felt but not seen shape.
ether
Ether is the space in which everything happens. Ether is an area that is simultaneously the source of all the objects and the space in which it resides.
Ether is the space in which the material to be mutually exclusive. The main characteristic of ether is sound. Sound here represents the entire spectrum of vibration.
Every object in the world is made up of five substances. All objects can be classified according to its main elements.
For example, the mountain mostly consists of the elements of the earth, but the mountain also contains water, fire, air and ether. It's just another element is very small compared with the earth element. Therefore, the mountain is classified as an element of the earth.
Ayurveda defines humans as a collection of five great elements plus the "immaterial self."
