Review Article
Year: 2019 | Month: July | Volume: 9 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 272-276
Need of Development of Diagnostic Measures for Assessment of Sara Pariksha in Ayurveda
Dr. Aparna Singh1, Lowkesh Chandravanshi2
1Assistant Professor, Department of Kriya Sharir, RLAMC, Durg, Chhattisgarh.
2Assistant Professor, Department of Kaumarbhritya, RLAMC, Durg, Chhattisgarh.
Corresponding Author: Dr. Aparna Singh
ABSTRACT
The clinical examination in Ayurveda is based on two fold approach, firstly the examination of patient (rogi pariksha) and second is diagnosis of disease (roga pariksha). The rogi pariksha is especially concerned with status of health and psychosomatic condition of an individual. The in-depth examination of an individual is essential because medicines are given by prior assessment of roga and rogibala. Sara pariksha serves as an important diagnostic tool and is one among the ten types of method of examination under Dasavidha Pariksha. It primarily assesses the strength of an individual. In Ayurveda Sara comprises of the essence of Dhatu hence called as “Vishuddhataro Dahtu”. It deals with physical and psychological characteristics of an individual which proved to be helpful in deciding the strength of a person. Dhatu saarta is the reflection of Dhatu sara in the form of structure and functions. Thus one should examine the individual in respect to Sara or excellence of his Dhatu. Thus it becomes evident of the fact that inherent power of a person cannot be assessed by bulk and size of the body but it is only judged by the Sara examination. This paper was aimed to summaries and analyzes the concept of Sara pariksha hence an extensive search was undertaken using key words as Sara, Sara pariksha etc in google scholar, Pubmed, Google as well as ayurvedic literatures were also studied so that to re-establish facts which could be helpful for development of standardized tool for assessment of Sara in future.
Key words: Sara Pariksha, Dhatu sarata, Sara assessment.