Once I had a chance to meet a GP who is practicing at the age of 80. She knows about India and its traditions. As a GP, her interest is in diagnosis, natural remedies and medicines. She knows about Ayurveda as a Traditional medicine of India. She was very happy to talk to me as a young traditional medicine practitioner. We have discussions on the traditional way of diagnosis.
In Ayurveda there is a particular system to follow for a diagnosis. It is not only symptoms, talking to patients and giving medicines. There are a lot more involved when you go to see an Ayurveda Practitioner AP).
What could the AP check upon patients?
- Varṇa (complexion)
- Svara (voice)
- Gandha (smell)
- Rasa (taste)
- Sparśa (touch)
- Cakṣu (eyes)
- Śrotra (ears)
- Ghrāṇa (nose)
- Rasana (tongue)
- Sparśana (skin)
- Sattva (virtue/state of mind)
- Bhakti (devotion)
- Śauca (cleanliness)
- Śīla (character)
- Ācāra (conduct)
- Smṛṭi (memory)
- Ākṛti (general appearance)
- Prakṛti (nature or original state of mind and body)
- Vikṛti (morbid state of mind and body)
- Bala (strength)
- Glāni (exhaustion)
- Medhā (intelligence)
- Harṣa (delightfulness)
- Raukṣya (dryness)
- Sneha (unctuousness)
- Tandrā (drowsiness)
- Ārambha (commencement)
- Gaurava (heaviness)
- Lāghava (lightness)
- Guṇa (general characteristics)
- Āhāra (diet)
- Vihāra (regimen)
- Āhārapariṇāma (digestion of food)
- Upāya (mode of onset of a disease)
- Apāya (disappearance of a disease)
- Vyādhi (nature of disease)
- Vyādhi Pūrvarūpa (premonitory symptoms)
- Vedanā (the type of pain)
- Upadrava (complications)
- Chāyā (lustre)
- Pratichāya (reflection)
- Svapnadarśana (dreams)
- Dūtādhikāra (behavior of the messenger, where applicable)
- Pathe autpātikam (bad omens that come across by the physician on his way to the patient’s house, where applicable)
- Āturakule bhāvāvastāntarāṇi (peculiar conditions in the residence of patient’s family, where applicable)
- Bheṣaja Saṃvṛtti (execution of medicine)
- Bheṣaja vikārayukti (effect of medicine in disease)
After looking at the list, she was amazed that Ayurveda is not only traditional medicine. It has a different view to see the diseases and life. It does believe in accepting new technology where needed.
Also, diagnosis is the key to find the root cause and get balance back into life.
Actually, word Diagnosis comes from the Greek word “gnosis,” which means knowledge. The word Ayurveda is a combination of AYu means LIFE Veda means knowledge.
What a great understanding, is n’t it?
She used to make a diagnosis before any test was done. Test is just a medium to confirm that she is on the right path.
She firmly believes that diseases are nothing more than imbalance. Rather creating a fear; better to get clarity about why and how the problem was created and what are the ways to get back on to balance?
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