A STUDY ON ASSESSMENT OF THE PRESENCE OF AAM IN 30 O.P.D PATIENTS OF ROGA NIDAN DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT AYURVEDIC COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL, GUWAHATI

Ayurveda the ancient science of living a healthy and long life believes that prevention of disease is better than cure. Ayurveda further emphasises on importance of proper diagnostic technique and in this regard this science mentioned various diagnostic tools to assess pathological condition at early stages. Aam pariksha is an important pariksha in Ayurveda to determine the presence of toxins in the body. The concept of Aam pariksha, a diagnostic technique of Ayurveda is mentioned in Ayurvedic classics like Charak Samhita, Astanga Hridaya and Madhav Nidan. Darsan (inspection), prasnam (questioning), sparsanam (palpation) etc are methods used in Ayurveda for disease identification.