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==Importance in examination of patients == | ==Importance in examination of patients == | ||
Indriya are the means of direct observation. (pratyaksha jnana) [Cha. Sa. [[Vimana Sthana]] 4/4], [Cha. Sa. [[Vimana Sthana]] 8/39] They are the tools that provide information to the physician about health condition of a person. Therefore, a physician shall develop his senses to access the knowledge about patient and diseases. | Indriya are the means of direct observation. (pratyaksha jnana) [Cha. Sa. [[Vimana Sthana]] 4/4], [Cha. Sa. [[Vimana Sthana]] 8/39] They are the tools that provide information to the physician about the health condition of a person. Therefore, a physician shall develop his senses to access the knowledge about patient and diseases. | ||
The physician should use his five senses for examining the patient, diagnosis of disease, and elicit the features of the morbidity in the patient. [Su. Sa. Sutra Sthana 10/5] | The physician should use his five senses for examining the patient, diagnosis of disease, and elicit the features of the morbidity in the patient. [Su. Sa. Sutra Sthana 10/5] | ||
E.g.:- size, shape, colour etc. of | |||
Different sounds produced in body like | E.g.:- size, shape, colour, etc. of swelling, colour, and nature of discharge from a wound are directly observed through visual faculty (chakshrurindriya). | ||
Different sounds produced in the body like heartbeats, bowel sounds, the sound produced from joints, etc. are assessed using auditory faculty (shrotrendriya). [Cha. Sa. [[Vimana Sthana]] 4/7] | |||
== Diagnosis of diseases of indriya== | == Diagnosis of diseases of indriya== | ||
The vitiated [[dosha]] affecting indriya can result in two types of pathology. | The vitiated [[dosha]] affecting indriya can result in two types of pathology. | ||