ASSESSMENT OF NADI PARIKSHA AS A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL IN MODERN PERSPECTIVE

*Dr. Preeti, Dr. Sanjay Kumar Singh and Dr. Seema Joshi

ABSTRACT

Nadi Pariksha is the ancient Ayurvedic technique of diagnosis through the Pulse. Nadi pariksha is one of the important Parameter mentioned under Ashtvidha Rog Pariksha by Yogratnakar. For the first time in India, followers of siddha system like Kanada and Ravana described in detailed about Nadi Pariksha, and later on it was adopted by disciples of Ayurveda like Sharangdhar, Bhavprakash, Yogaratnakar, etc. Due to the commercialization of the conventional diagnostic tools everyone can’t afford them while Nadi Pariksha is non- invasive and cost free diagnostic technique which can be boon for poor patients to rule out the underlying disease condition. So there is a need of research on the Nadi Pariksha to utilize this classical Pariksha on standardized parameters and to make it applicable for Patients services and diagnosis of the diseases. In this research work, it has been try to justify the feature of Nadi Pariksha in healthy individual as well as in diseased subjects. This paper has been designed to study the scientific validity of Nadi Pariksha, using computerized sensing apparatus.

Keywords: Nadi Pariksha, Rog Pariksha