Abstract

Dr. Inderjit Kaur* and Shaleen Singh

ABSTRACT

Diagnosing a patient just by feeling the pulse is the precious art of Ayurveda. With the passage of time and destruction of the Ayurveda and other Vedic texts this art vanished almost. Very few people saved this art and passed it to next generations. This article of mine is an effort to create awareness among coming generations about the importance of this art of pulse diagnosis. How precise and focussed this art is, that too without spending money on instruments. AYURVEDA?s Tenfold or Eightfold examination includes feeling the pulse to know the physical as well as mental status of the patient so that the treatment is done to remove the reason and giving permanent relief. It also includes knowing the details of the DESH (place) where a patient lives, as every place has different environment and it also affects the mindset and physical body of a patient e.g. North is rich in water element and southeast in fire element. Dr. Vasant Dattatraya Lad has described the effect of directions on the pulse. I have gone a step forward to describe the detail of every direction on body and tried to explain the science working behind it. This article is my effort to create awareness among masses how effective is knowing about affects of a DESH (PLACE) in diagnosis and moreover helpful in giving a permanent solution to the problem. Now a day?s once a medicine is started, a person has to continue it for years and years as treatment is done for relieving the symptoms not eradicating the reasons. While practicing in Ayurveda medicines and working on the patients, I have seen changing the direction or the place alone helped people to get rid of chronic diseases, which is the beauty of Ayurveda. Universe has lot to offer to people, but it works in a very disciplinary manner if we learn to live in discipline and in harmony with the nature, we are happy and healthy. We get sick only whenever we go out of its harmony.