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pulse arises from the practice by touching, feeling, reading, etc. the pulse. Therefore, the pulse of a healthy man, which is the movement of air (pravanjangatih), should also be examined.
The movement of jiva (soul or being) in the body is examined by touching, pressing and striking the pulse, loosening (evacuating as feces) or purgative, rubbing, sweating and heating, etc. (V.8) Pariksaniyamaha :
The subject of examination of the pulse is stated :
वातं पित्तं कर्फ द्वन्द्वं सन्निपातं तथैव च । साध्यासाध्यविवेकं च सर्व नाड़ी प्रकाशयेत् ।। (9)
The pulse reveals all these facts whether the disease is vataja (produced by derangement of bodily humour-wind – vata ) or pittaja (produced by derangement of bodily humour-bile, pitta) or Kaphaja produced by degeneration of bodily humour-phlegm, (kaph) or dvandvaja (produced by two faults) or tridosaja (produced by three faults) or whether it is sadhya (curable) or asadhya (incurable). (V.9)
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