Ayurveda diagnostic methods

Eight methods of diagnosis are mentioned in Ayurveda. They are called eight method of diagnosis. These Ayurveda diagnostic methods are as follows.

1. Pulse test-

Ayurveda diagnostic

There is a description about the pulse examination in the texts like Sharangdhar Samhita, Bhavaprakash, Yogaratnakar etc. Maharishi Sushruta could see all the nadis of the whole body with his yogic power. In allopathy, the pulse only detects the heartbeat: but it tells much more than that. A well-versed Vaidya in Ayurveda diagnoses diseases by Nadi examination. This shows that which dosha is present in the body. It gives accurate diagnosis without any costly and painful diagnostic techniques. Like where in the body there is a tumor, kidney is bad or any such complex disease is detected. Daksha Vaidya also tells what he had eaten a week ago. What disease is likely to happen in the future is also known.
The left hand of women and the right hand of men is seen.
On the inside of the wrist, under the thumb, where the pulse is felt, three fingers are kept.
One can feel Vata in the finger near the thumb, Pitta in the middle finger and Kapha in the finger farthest from the thumb.
– The pulse of Vata will be irregular and moderately fast.
Very fast pulse of bile will be felt.
Very low and slow pulse of phlegm will be felt.
By keeping all the three fingers together, we will know which defect is more.
By reducing that defect in the initial stage itself, there is no disease at all.
Each dosha also has 8 types of pulse; By which the disease is detected, for this practice is needed.
Sometimes 2 or 3 doshas can occur together.
Nadi Pariksha is mostly done in the morning after half an hour due to which we get to know about our nature. This hunger-thirst, sleep, walking in the sun, walking in the night, change by mental state, by food, by different times of the day and season.
The doctor is helped by being a little spiritual and yogi. The correct diagnosis can detect the defect in three seconds as soon as the pulse is caught. Well, you should watch for 30 seconds.
Skilled Vaidyas can also tell about future death with the help of Mrityu Nadi.
– What kind of nature are you? – Vata predominant, Pitta predominant or Kapha predominant or mixed? Try it yourself or check with a doctor.

2. Urine test-

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Many diseases are diagnosed by urine examination, such as – there is knowledge of twenty different types of urine, ashmari, prameha. Urine examination is very important to know the disease properly. Dhatvagni digestion process can be estimated by looking at the presence of various faecal substances in the urine. Many diseases can be diagnosed by looking at the quantity, smell, color, concentration or alkalinity of urine. The effect of physical defects also affects urine.

urine test method

1. Vaidya should lift the patient for four hours in the last hour of the night and get the patient urine tested and examine the same mantra.

2. Keep the urine in a glass vessel and do the test when the god wakes up.

3. Do not keep the first stream of urine while collecting the mid stream urine and do the proper examination of the same urine.

4. Symptoms of Vatadi Bheda Se – Due to the outbreak of Vata, the patient’s urine is of pandu colour. It is foamy due to the outbreak of phlegm, of the type of pitta is of rakavarna.

oil point test method

The doctor examines the patient’s urine methodically. Picking up the oil from the straw, put a drop of oil on the urine by making a point. If it spreads on the urine due to its height, then the patient should be known as practicable and if it does not spread then the disease is incurable and if it settles in the urinary tract, then it should be known as incurable.

1. If the oil point given to the patient in the urine kept before the test moves towards the east, then it should be understood that the disease will be soon.
will be destroyed and the patient will recover soon.

2. If the oil point moves towards the south, it is known to be a disease of fever and the Ganas will be destroyed and healed gradually.

3. If the oil point goes towards the north, then surely the patient gets health.

4. If the tail point goes in the west direction, then the patient gets happiness and health.

5. If the oil point goes towards the northeast, the patient will die within a month.

6. If the oil point goes in the igneous angle and if it goes in the southeast angle and when a hole is visible in that oil point, then the death of a person is certain.

7. If the oil point spreads towards the west angle, then even if nectar is given to that person, he cannot live.

According to the shape of the tailbindu, the practicable and impossible test –

The shape of the oil point in curable diseases – swan, kard, pond, lotus, umbrella etc., on seeing the shape of the oil point, the patient attains health.

In incurable diseases, the patient should not be treated after showing the shape of a tail point- plow, curm, headless human being like a beehive.

The shape of the oil point on the urine is omnipresent – affected by vata dosha
The shape of a dot on the urine is umbrella-shaped – suffering from pitta dosha
The size of the oil point on the urine should be understood as Mukta – Kapha dosha.

3. Stool examination-

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To know the equality and dissimilarity of Jatharagni, it is necessary to have a male examination. If Jatharagni works in an even state, then the color, smell, and shape of the person will be normal and other deformed matter and worms will not be present in it. If the fire is slow and sharp, it can be deformed.

Stool examination according to Acharya Yogaratnakar

Due to vata’s anger – thick and dry stool is obtained
With bile ferment – yellowish stools
From phlegm – whitish stool
From tridosha wrath – black, broken, yellow, tied, white colored stool
In Amdosha – phlegm-like stool

According to Acharya Charak, the symptoms of common stool –

(1) Very foul-smelling, greasy stool, which sinks when put in water, it contains mango.

(2) Nirammal – not very foul smelling, having natural smell, floats when put in water.

Exceptionally – Ammal when it is very thin floats on water, if Niram Mal is a master, it sinks in water.

4. Tongue test

The tongue is like a mirror for the knowledge of the disorders of Annavah and Purishvaha sources and the evil doshas. The knowledge of wrathful doshas is as follows –

Due to the anger of Vata – cold, touch, dry, cracked tongue
From the wrath of bile – red, black tongue
With phlegm – white, very protruding tongue
From the wrath of Tridosha – Krishna, with thorns, dry tongue

In some diseases also there is a change in the color of the tongue –

Pandu – white and pandur characters

Kamla – Characters similar to Haridra

Ardit – tongue comes out crooked from the mouth

Enteric fever – the tongue is red from the edges and faecal from the middle

dyspepsia

Galganda – tremor in tongue

5. Words Test –

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The examination of the senses in the body by the sense of hearing is called word examination. Some of these words are expressed in the patient’s body. which are perceived without the help of the Pantra. such as intestinal and joint rupture. In addition, there are some sounds in the heart, lungs, etc. that are known by the hearing aid, i.e., the stethoscope.

Sound of heart – MUR – MUR
LUNG – RALES + RONCHI
Rheumatism – MITRAL REGURGITATION

From the wrath of phlegm – Voice Guru
From the wrath of bile- voice crystallized
From the wrath of Vata – devoid of both symptoms

6. Touch Test –

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The doctor becomes aware of the unpleasant symptoms or signs only by touching the patient with his hand.

The lack of vibration and movement in the moving organs that are always warm or cold is a bad indicator.

Not being happy when cold water is splashed on the body, not forming a streak due to the stroke of the stick, is an indicator of death.

skin color change, streaks arise, complete
Getting the body covered with dust particles is often fatal.

If the patient does not feel pain on pulling the hair or skin of the skin, then know him Mumurshu.

(1) Cold touch in gout
(2) Warm touch in gall disease
(3) Humid touch in Kapha disease

7. Eye exam-

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According to the defect in the nature of the eye, the knowledge of Prakrit and Vaikrit state is obtained. There are some people whose knowledge is gained by looking in the eyes. like –

Irritated by rheumatism – rough, fuzzy, formidable, fickle, burning eyes

Irritated by bile disease – unable to see the light of the lamp, burning yellow eyes

Irritated by Kapha disease – watery, lightless, aliphatic eye

Irritated by tridoshaja disease – dark complexioned, torn, drowsy and deluded, red eyes

Pandu disease – white and pandur due to anemia

kamala – green and yellow

Ardit – Eyes do not close completely

8. Shape test-

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The expressions which are examined by looking at the patient from top to bottom are called Aakriti Pariksha. Under this examination, the physical expressions of the patient are examined, the character, shadow, essence, compaction, proof etc. The face of a healthy person is happy and in serious diseases there is a feeling of pain on the face. In the state of tetanus, convulsions, ardit, the angle of the face is pulled upwards, as if the patient is smiling. The probabilities are as follows –

Varnas – Krishna, Shyam and Gaur are the Prakrit characters. Apart from this there are other distorted characters –

in green

Haridra – in Kamla

in copper conch

nephropathy

yellow-tuberculosis and firanga

Pandur – in Pandu’s disease

Ayurveda diagnoses by looking at these eight things. It is called eightfold method of diagnosis.

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