Role of Ashtavidha Pariksha – Ancient Revie...

Role of Ashtavidha Pariksha – Ancient Review

Author Name : Dr. Pratapsinha Randive, Dr. Swaranjalee Shubhanandan Mahajan, Dr. Deepak Kumar Parida, Dr. Abhijit Sujitkumar Magdum, Dr. Sarde Rohini Raghunath

ABSTRACT

Different types of examination explained in Ayurveda among that AshtavidhaPariksha viz. Nadi (Pulse), Mootra (Urine), Mala (Faeces), Jihwa (Tongue), Shabda (Speech), Sparsha (Touch), Drika (Eyes) and Akruiti (Posture) an effective tool for clinical examination of patient, which was routinely used by traditional Ayurvedic practitioner, but is missing in present era. In this paper, the clinical utility of Ashtavidha Pariksha is discussed which will be helpful for scholars to use it as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool in their clinical practice. To assess the clinical condition of patient’s various methods of examination are described in Ayurveda, among them Ashtavidha Pariksha Viz. Nadi (Pulse), Mootra (Urine), Mala (Faeces), Jihwa (Tongue), Shabda (Speech), Sparsha (Touch), Drika (Eyes) and Akruiti (Posture), for the first time advocated by AacharyaYogratnakar is one of the best and the most significant method of clinical assessment. It is a complete clinical examination of a patient which has very close resemblance with general physical examination of the patient as described in Modern Medicine.

KEYWORDS: – Ayurveda, Examination, Diagnosis, Doshas,Rog, Rogi Pariksha  Ashtasthanapariksha