Difference Between Ayurveda And Sowa-Rigpa

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Pulse examination is mentioned in both the systems i,e. Ayurvedic system and Tibetan system of medicine. Tibetan system of medicine is also known as Sowa-Rigpa and main text book of Tibetan medicine is termed as rGyud-bZi. The term used In Ayurveda for pulse examination is ‘Nadi pariksha’ while in Sowa-Rigpa it is termed as ‘che pa thun gyi rigpa’or ‘intuitive knowledge of diagnosis’.
In Ayurveda it is not mentioned in the classical text book of Brihattrayi (Caraka, Susruta and Vagbhata samhita). It is mentioned in firstly in Sharangadhara samhita later on by Bhavprakash, Yogaratnakara , Kanada, Ravana and in Tibetan medicine it is mentioned in last Tantra of rGyud-bZi. Both the system have some common and some different views regarding pulse …show more content…

In clinical practice no physical sign is more basic or important than the arterial pulse. From ancient time pulse has been considered as the most fundamental sign of life. The ancient physicians paid great attention to the character of the pulse in health and its changes occurring in various diseased conditions. Even today under emergency clinical conditions the modern physician frequently records the pulse directly through an intra arterial catheter, and he wishes to gain as much information as possible from inspection of the pulse contour yet it has got limited scope in studying the diseases of heart and arteries.
To the ancient physician, irrespective of civilizations of the world, the pulse has always been the subject of great learning in the field of medicine. Perhaps Egypt (B.C. 1550) had been the earliest country of the world which invented the knowledge of pulse to know the physiological condition of the heart probably from them the rays of knowledge of the same spread all over the …show more content…

In male left wrist is examined first, whereas in female right wrist is examined first. Then the opposite wrist is examined. Note that for females the organs beneath the index fingers are reversed from those for males (i,e. the heart and small intestine are read by the physician’s left hand , the lungs and large intestine by the right), while the organs beneath the other hand are the same. This differentiation is made because the channels through which mental consciousness moves in the heart are closer to the left side for males and right for females. Conditions of the upper, middle and lower part of the body are also examined from index, middle and ring finger

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