International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS)
ISSN: 2319-5886 Indexed in: ESCI (Thomson Reuters)
Subhash D Waghe
Department of Roga Nidana, Jupiter Ayurvedic College, Nagpur, Maharashtra, IndiaPublications
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Research Article
Critical Evaluation of Ayurvedic Sparsha Pariksha (Palpation) in Diagnosis of Diseases WSR to Respiratory System Palpation
Author(s): Subhash D Waghe* and Roga Nidana
Ancient Ayurvedic Acharyas have described many clinical methods to diagnose the disease. Sparsha Pariksha (Palpation) is one of them. Different Ayurvedic Acharyas like Charaka, Sushruta and Bhela have mentioned different parameters to be examined by palpation such as Softness hardness, coldness, warmness, rigidness, pulsations, tactile perceptions in disease states like fever, tumour, edema, abscess, organomegaly, skin lesion etc. As per Acharya Chakrapani Dasa, the flexion and extension difficulty of extremities and softness and hardness of palate, tongue etc should examine with palpation. In book called ‘Yogaratnakara’, the general tactile feeling doshik disease is mentioned. Acharya Vinodlal Sen had described the methodology of hepatosplenic palpation in his book ‘Ayurveda Vigyan’. Modern science had described the palpation of Gall b.. Read More»
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