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== Introduction ==
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A physician cannot treat a patient if he does not possess a complete understanding of a disease. <ref>Agnivesha, Charak, Dridhabala, Charak Samhita Vimanasthana Adhyaya 4/12, Edited by Jadavaji Trikamji, Fifth Edition Chaukhambha Sanskrit Sansthana, Varanasi, 2001, 249. </ref> Accurate diagnosis of a disease is important before initiating any treatment, and any understanding of a disease’s manifestation is incomplete without understanding its ''nidana'' (etiology), ''poorvarupa'' (premonitory symptoms), ''linga'' (actual sign and symptoms), ''upashaya'' (pacifying factors) and ''samprapti'' (pathogenesis) – or the ''Nidana Panchaka'' (literally, the five components of ''nidana''). <ref>Agnivesha, Charak, Dridhabala, Charak Samhita Nidanasthana Adhyaya 1/6, Edited by Jadavaji Trikamji, Fifth Edition Chaukhambha Sanskrit Sansthana, Varanasi, 2001, 194. </ref>
A physician cannot treat a patient if he does not possess a complete understanding of a disease. <ref>Agnivesha, Charak, Dridhabala, Charak Samhita Vimanasthana Adhyaya 4/12, Edited by Jadavaji Trikamji, Fifth Edition Chaukhambha Sanskrit Sansthana, Varanasi, 2001, 249. </ref> Accurate diagnosis of a disease is important before initiating any treatment, and any understanding of a disease’s manifestation is incomplete without understanding its ''nidana'' (etiology), ''poorvarupa'' (premonitory symptoms), ''linga'' (actual sign and symptoms), ''upashaya'' (pacifying factors) and ''samprapti'' (pathogenesis) – or the ''Nidana Panchaka'' (literally, the five components of ''nidana''). <ref>Agnivesha, Charak, Dridhabala, Charak Samhita Nidanasthana Adhyaya 1/6, Edited by Jadavaji Trikamji, Fifth Edition Chaukhambha Sanskrit Sansthana, Varanasi, 2001, 194. </ref>