The diagnosis by an Ayurveda Doctor is to determine the primary dosha and the balance of doshas through questions that allow him become familiar with the patient. He may ask about diet, behaviour, lifestyle practices, and the reasons for the most recent illness and symptoms the patient had. He will carefully observe such physical characteristics as teeth, skin, eyes, and weight and take a person’s pulse, because each dosha is thought to make a particular kind of pulse

After the type and dominance and imbalance of doshas are fixed, the doctor will adopt the procedures of observation and touch and then will plan therapies. Further the doctors would check the patient’s urine, stool, tongue, bodily sounds, eyes, skin, and overall appearance. He will also consider the person’s digestion, diet, personal habits, and the ability to recover quickly from illness or setbacks. As part of the effort to find out what is wrong, the doctor may prescribe some type of treatment. The treatment is generally intended to restore the balance of one particular dosha. If the patient seems to improve as a result, the doctor will provide additional treatments intended to help balance that dosha.

Examination of the pulse (nadi pariksha)



This provides deep insights into the history of the patient. The ideal time for pulse examination is early morning in empty stomach. But in case of emergency, it can be examined at any time of the day or night. An experienced ayurvedic physician can assess your body’s nature (prakriti), pathological state (vikruti), imbalances of body type, very subtle observations & even prognosis of disease through the pulse.

Examination of general appearance (akriti pariksha)

The doshic influences that reflect on the face of the patient enable physicians to gauge the basic constitution and the nature of the disease.

Examination of the tongue (jivha pariksha)

Assessed through its doshic state, a vata aggravated tongue is dry, rough & cracked, pitta suffered tongue is red with a burning sensation and kapha influenced it is wet, slimy and coated. Suggesting the state of the digestive system.

Examination of urine (mutra pariksha)

Both examination of urine sample and questioning of patient are important for assessing doshic influence. A modification of this is the oil (taila) drop (bindu) test (pariksha) in which the effect of an oil drop on urine sample suggests the curability of disease.

Examination of the voice (sabda pariksha)

Healthy and natural when the doshas are in balance, the voice will become heavy when aggravated by kapha, cracked under pitta effect and hoarse & rough when afflicted by vata.

Examination of stool (mala pariksha)

If digestion & absorption of food are poor, the stool carries a foul odour and sinks in water. Vata aggravated, the stool is hard, dry and grey / ash in colour. Excess pitta makes it green / yellow in colour and liquid in form. And high kapha lines it with mucus. Ayurveda teaches a very systematic and scientific way of life . Fundamental principles, health rules, knowledge of individual contitution of our body, use of various herbs, minerals and specially Panchakarma therapy can be very safely followed.

Examination of skin (sparsha pariksha)

Also used for assessing the state of organs and tissue, palpation is an important clinical method for examination of skin. Noted for doshic influences, a vata aggravated skin is course & rough with below normal temperature, a pitta influenced one has quite high temperature and kapha affected becomes cold & wet.

Examination of eyes (drik pariksha)

Vata domination makes the eyes sunken, dry and reddish brown in colour. On aggravation of pitta, they turn red or yellow and the patient suffers from photophobia and burning sensations. High kapha makes them wet & watery with heaviness in the eyelids.

Examination of nails (nagha pariksha)

Ayurveda considers nails as the waste product of the bones. If the nails are dry, crooked, rough and break easily, it indicated a predominance of the vata constitution. Soft, pink, tender nails that are easily bent are indication of a Pitta constitution. When the nails are thick, strong, soft and very shiny, then Kapha predominates.

Longitudinal lines on the nails indicate mal-absorption in the digestive system. Transverse grooves on the nails may indicate the presence of long-standing illness or malnutrition.

Yellow nails indicate a delicate liver or jaundice. Blue nails are manifestation of a weak heart. Undue redness shows an excess of red blood cells.



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