Review
Critical evaluation of ayurvedic sparsha pariksha (palpation) in diagnosis of diseases wsr to gastrointestinal system palpation
Author(s): Subhash D. Waghe*
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, 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 examined with palpation. In book called ‘Yogaratnakara’, the general tactile feeling doshik diseases is mentioned. Acharya Vinodlal Sen had described the methodology of hepatosplenic palpation in his book ‘Ayurved Vigyan’. Modern science had described the palpation of Gall bladder and Kidneys apart fr.. Read More»
DOI:
10.37532.2022.7.5.1-4
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