Five elements of earth:

Panchtatva is a sanskrit word consists of word ‘panch’ which means five and ‘tatva’ which means element, which combinely means five elements. According to Hindu mythology, air, fire, earth, water and space are considered as the five elements of earth. Human body is also considered to be made up of these five elements which when person dies goes back to the nature. These all five elements are balancing the body & deficiency of any one of these can cause diseases.
Every element has their specific significance and importances.

Earth also abbreviated as “bhumi” in sanskrit represents solid state of matter. Bones, tissues, hair, muscles are considered to be made up of solid. It can be touched, seen, smelled, tasted and heard.

Water abbreviated as “jal” in sanskrit represents liquid state of matter. Our blood, saliva, sweat is considered as liquid. Human body consists of 60% water in it. It can be seen, tasted, heard and touched but can’t be smelled because it is odourless.

Fire abbreviated as “agni” in sanskrit represents that one state of matter can be converted into another. It shows temperature, energy, light of our body. It can be heard, touched, seen.

Air abbreviated as “pavan” in sanskrit represents everything which is in gaseous form. Gases present in our body such as oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen etc. are considered as air. Contraction and expansion of body parts are represented. It can be heard and touched.

Sky abbreviated as “akash” in sanskrit represents voids i.e. space. Atma or Soul is considered as space. It is beyond of all the senses.
Each and every element are related to eachother in friendly, envious or in loving way. Fire and water tries to destroy eachother when together, so they are considered as envious. Earth and water are loving because water can’t live without earth. While air-fire and air-water are friendly, they donot harm eachother.

Everything is made up of Panchtatva & even on its destruction, everything gets converted back into these elements which are very necessary for balancing each and every thing.