Table 2.

Level of preventions, aim, action and target population

Level	Aim	Action	Target Population	Conclusion
Hifz-i-Sihhat Mutlaq[2,3,4]	Removal of the factors by which health is likely to be lost and maintain the conditions that promote health	Adoption of the lifestyle that suits the temperament	Healthy population	If the individual follows the diet, regimen and lifestyle according to one’s body type, he or she can keep diseases at bay
Hifz-ma-Taqaddam[2,3,4]	Protection of susceptibles to reduce the incidence of disease and recognizing the prodromal symptoms and starting preventive care at that stage to prevent a full-blown disease	Evacuation of morbid humors by adopting appropriate measures depending on the dominance of humor Use of prophylactic drugs	Susceptible population or individual Apparently healthy individuals with presence of some alarming signals of the diseases	Identifying the early stage of disease through its precursors and starting the preventive care at this stage of disease will halt its further progression.
Tadabir-i-Abdaane Zaeefa[2,3,4]	Strengthening the body to cope with diverse physiological changes and to protect it from untoward stimuli	Group-specific packages of comprehensive health promotive measures that include diet, lifestyle, regimens and drugs	Population with debility without disease	This approach is concerned with safeguarding of innate moisture from too rapid dissipation