Utility of Medical Instruments in Nadi Pareeksha: A Critical Review

Abstract

Acharya’s who are considered as apta have explained well about importance of  nadi pareeksha in diagnosis of disease in classical books of Ayurveda. Yoga  ratnakara, Sarangadara samhitha, Bsavarajeeyam, Bava prakasha have  mentioned about nadi pareeksha in Ayurveda. By the nadi pareeksha one can  get so many factors such as Gati,Vega, Sthiratwa,Katinyata of the nadi and by  the proper examination one will be able to diagnose the disease. Nadi pareeksha can be correlated to the pulse examination and now days the concept of relation  between pulse wave velocity and heart disease has gained much attention and  being analyzed so proper nadi pareeksha becomes more important. In this  background the present article discusses the need of a proper instrument for  examining nadi and comparison of existing two such instruments.