Review Article
Year: 2019 | Month: October | Volume: 9 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 281-287
Interpretation of Vyādhi through Āyurveda Terminology
Dr Preeti Sharma1, Late Vd. Govind Pareek2
1PG Scholar, Department of Basic principles, National institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur
2Associate professor, Department of Basic principles, National institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur
Corresponding Author: Dr Preeti Sharma
ABSTRACT
One should examine the various aspects of diseases by employing all the pramānas. Observations made on the nature of the disease thereafter are infallible. Any disease should know from “authoritative instructions” and therefore ascertain its various characteristics by examining the symptoms of these diseases through direct observation and inference. Ayurveda treatment is of less value without knowing its exact nidana, dosha and dushya because samprapti vighatana can only be done by knowing these ghataka properly. In this study, method of assessing dosha, dushya, mala and sroto dushti involvement through Ayurveda terminology was given. Learned physicians describe the aspects (characteristic features) of disease and by Using the āptopadeśa method of examination, one understand a disease properly by knowing the following terms Prakopaṇam (Provoking factors, viz. Process of the vitiation of the doṣas), Yoni (Source or doṣaḥ involved) Utthānama (Onset of a disease./ mode of manifestation), Ātmānam (The cardinal sign and symptoms./ nature like seriousness or acuteness), Adhiṣṭhānam (Site, which could be the body or the mind or both), Vedanam (pain), Saṁsthānam (Signs and symptoms), śabda, sparśa, rūpa, rasa, gandham (five senses), Upadravam (Complications), Vr̥ddhi sthāna kṣayam (Whether doṣa, dhātu and mala are increased, decreased, or in balance), Udarkam (Prognosis), Nāmanam (Nomenclature), Pravr̥tti (Indicated treatment) and nivr̥tti (Contraindication). By analysing any disease from all these parameters standard line of treatment can be planned.
Key words: Diagnosis, New Disease, Ayurveda Terminology