DIAGNOSIS IN AYURVEDA

The Process: - The imbalance of Vatta, pitta, kapha, Doshas causes disease in the body, the process that takes place subsequently is called samprapti or pathogenesis. The knowledge of the stages of the development of the disease is very important in recognition of the disease.

Ayurveda elaborates six stage processes for diagnosis as well as treatment. this process is called (kriya kal) action time. The uniqueness of Ayurveda lies in the first four stages of (kriya kal) diagnosis. This enables the physician to recognize the disease in the early stages, thus the elimination and treatment become that much simpler and pain free for the patient. Those kriya kal – action time can be understood as below.

The six stages being

(1) Sanchaya (Accumulation)
(2) Prakop (Aggravation)
(3) Prasara (spread)
(4) Sthana samashraya (Augmentation)
(5) Abhivyakti (Symptoms manifestation)
(6) Bheda (Differentiation)

Three fold examination

The examination can be carried out in the following manner.
(1) Visual observation (Darshan)
(2) Tactile perception (Sparsha)
(3) Questioning (Prashna)

Eight fold examination
(Asht bidha pariksha)

(1) Examination of the pulse (Nadi pariksha)
(2) Examination of the tongue (Jivha pariksha)
(3) Examination of the voice (Shabd pariksha)
(4) Examination of the skin (Sparsh pariksha)
(5) Examination of the eyes (Draka pariksha)
(6) Examination of the general appearance (Akriti)
(7) Examination of the urine (Mutra pariksha)
(8) Examination of the stool

Dash bidha pariksha
(Ten fold examination)

(1) Body constitution (Prakriti)
(2) Vikruti (pathological state)
(3) Sara (tissue vitality)

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