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==== Gustatory examinations can be inferred by following observations ====
 
==== Gustatory examinations can be inferred by following observations ====
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Taste of the various tissues in the body of the patient are undoubtedly the objects of the gustatory sense organ and can be ascertained by inference and not by direct observation. Therefore, the taste in the mouth of the patient should be ascertained by interrogation. For example, sweet taste of the body can be inferred when flies are attracted towards the body. In the case of bleeding from the body, if there is a doubt about the nature of the blood, it should be resolved by giving the blood to dogs and crow to taste. Intake of the blood by dogs and crows is indicative of its purity and rejection by these animals indicates that the blood is vitiated by ''pitta'', i.e. the patient is suffering from ''raktapitta''. Similarly, other tastes in the patient’s body can be inferred.
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Taste of the various tissues in the body of the patient are undoubtedly the objects of the gustatory sense organ and can be ascertained by inference and not by direct observation. Therefore, the taste in the mouth of the patient should be ascertained by interrogation. For example, sweet taste of the body can be inferred when flies are attracted towards the body. In the case of bleeding from the body, if there is a doubt about the nature of the blood, it should be resolved by giving the blood to dogs and crow to taste. Intake of the blood by dogs and crows is indicative of its purity and rejection by these animals indicates that the blood is vitiated by [[pitta]], i.e. the patient is suffering from ''raktapitta''. Similarly, other tastes in the patient’s body can be inferred.
 
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==== By olfactory examinations ====
 
==== By olfactory examinations ====
  
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