Nadivijnanam and Nadiprakasham

Author(s): J C Sikdar
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy

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Indian medical source. There might have been a common Indian Ayurvedic source of the science of pulse from which all the ancient Ayurvedic Physicians might have drawn their respective informations.
According to Nadivijnanam, Tridosa concept of the science of life constitutes the science of the three elements--vata (air), pitta (bile or fire), and kaph (phlegm or water). This concept deals with these three elements of human body which become deranged by losing their equilibrium due to some cause and produce disease in the human body. Tridosas connote three faults--yatik, paittik and Kaphaja (airy, bilious, and phlegmatic).
The three elements--air, fire (or bile), and water (phlegm) are the inner forces of the human body and life. They make the sumtotal of human energies with their sub-divisions. Besides, earth (ksiti) also can be added to these three elements, so there are four elements in human body. Each element has a triangle which indicates the chemical action or positive or negative energy. Without air there can be no fire, so their combination is scientific. Like wise there can be no earth without water. Four triangles are given below according to Indian Astrology.
Three faults (Tridosa) of pulse :
The expanded, fast, inflated, jumpy, plump, hard, full, high-tensioned, lightning-like, and shrivelled
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