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Similarly, auscultation of thorax could be employed to examine pulmonary sounds and cardiac sounds, auscultation of abdomen for peristalsis, bruits, etc.

Similarly, auscultation of thorax could be employed to examine pulmonary sounds and cardiac sounds, auscultation of abdomen for peristalsis, bruits, etc.

===== Darshan pratyaksha (visual inspection) =====

===== ''Darshan pratyaksha'' (visual inspection) =====

Visual inspection can be employed to draw some inference on the nature of various elements, such as edema, cyanosis, petechiae, skin lesions, abnormal movements, deformities, using the following cues:

Visual inspection can be employed to draw some inference on the nature of various elements, such as edema, cyanosis, petechiae, skin lesions, abnormal movements, deformities, using the following cues:

# Varna (colour, complexion, or lustre), sansthana (shape), and pramana (measurements),  

# ''Varna'' (colour, complexion, or lustre), ''sansthana'' (shape), and ''pramana'' (measurements),  

# Normal and abnormal appearance of body and organs,

# Normal and abnormal appearance of body and organs,

# Whatever else not mentioned here but could be visually observed.

# Whatever else not mentioned here but could be visually observed.

 

===== Rasapariksha (gustation-by inference) =====

===== Rasapariksha (gustation-by inference) =====