Abstract

A REVIEW ON CONCEPT OF ASTHAVIDHA PARIKSHA AND ITS CLINICAL IMPORTANCE

Lalit Tiwari*

ABSTRACT

Asthavidha Pariksha is a non invansive method to examine the patient. The concept of Asthavidha Pariksha is described in Yogratnakar. Asthavidha pariksha means the examination of eight main places of diseased person namely Nadi (Pulse), Mutra (Urine Examination), Mala (Stool), Jihwa (Tongue), Sabad (voice), Sparsha (Examiantion by touching the patient), Drika (Eye examintion), Aakriti (Body build). Yogratnakar clearly stated that the physician who didn’t know the normal and abnormal character of Nadi, Mutra, Jihwa etc., he kills the patient soon and does not achieve the fame. Thus we can say that Asthavidha Pariksha gives an important information about patient’s clinical condition. Hutchinson said that the overall purpose of medical practice is to relieve suffering. In order to achieve this purpose, it is important to make diagnosis, to know how to approach treatment, and to design an appropriate scheme of management for each patient. The proper treatment is possible after correct diagnosis of patient. In this research article clinical importance of Asthavidha Pariksha to make the diagnosis and prognosis of disease is discussed.

Keywords: Asthavidha Pariksha, Disease, Nadi.