Critical Review on Scientific Approach of Nadi Parikshan

ABSTRACT: Nadi pariksha is the science of observing the pulse from a perspective of diagnosis of the human body, mind and the sub-conciousness. It is commonly known as pulse diagnosis. Nadi pariksha had got its significant role in physiological and pathological conditions. Since the past scrutiny of pulse has been one of the most important diagnostic tools. The art science of examination of pulse was well developed in ancient India. Nadi pariksha has been said as one of the Ashta Sthana Paiksha. This system of examination can’t be practiced easily because of non availability of detailed description about Nadipariksha in Ayurvedic literature and lack of practice in the field of science. Nadi Pariksha is an important tool for diagnosis in all the stages of vaya. Luckily some of the ancient Ayurvedic books are still available to us. So, to impoverish the cognition, a little attempt is made to put