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About Pulse Reading |
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Pulse diagnosis is the ancient
Ayurveda science of detecting the existing status of a
person’s physiological and psychological status based on
Doshas. Nadi or pulse is that vital flow of energy or life
that courses through body primarily in blood vessels, and
enables the Vaidya to feel the way the blood spurts from the
heart. Pulse reading helps an experienced Vaidya to know
about Doshas, Subdoshas and their interaction with Dhatus. |
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Pulse reading is to be learnt
under the guidance of an experienced Vaidya through
practice, and concentration. Vaidya is able to diagnose the
imbalances within a person’s body by touching, pressing and
feeling the different combinations of the pulse. |
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Ayurveda mentions three
primary types of diagnostic procedure:
Darshana (Inspection),
Sparshana (Palpation) and Prashna (proper History
taking). Pulse reading
involves touching, feeling, observing and
experiencing not only the rate, rhythm, and volume
of the pulse but also the movement, amplitude,
temperature, force, and consistency of it. |
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Ayurveda reiterates
that all living beings are the permutation and
combination of the five basic elements - Ether, Air,
Fire, Water and Earth. These five elements
constitute the three major biological components - the
three Doshas - Vata (Ether + Air), Pitta (Fire +
Water) and Kapha (Water + Earth). |
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Health and Disease is
caused by nothing else but the balance and imbalance
of these Doshas. Health follows when the Doshas are
balanced and disease when they are imbalanced. There
are five subtypes of each Dosha. Doshas interact
with Agni (digestive fire and metabolic fire),
Dhatus (Tissues) and Malas (Metabolic Waste
Materials). |
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Grossly speaking, the
pulse results from pressure force through arteries
that moves blood from heart to all tissues.
Rate, rhythm, force and temperature are some common
factors that any medical personnel or health care
worker can feel. Ayurveda takes it Pulse Reading to
another dimension and helps Vaidya to fetch more
information from it. |
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