AYUSH extended assessment (Dashavidha Pariksha)
Chief Complaint
- Chief complaint
- Joint or back pain
History of Present Illness
- Onset & duration
- Many months or years
- Severity
- Moderate
- Alarm features
- None of these
Prakriti
- Prakriti (body constitution)
- Thin, dry skin, feels cold
Vikriti
- Vikriti (present imbalance)
- Gas and bloating, Body pain and stiffness
Dashavidha Pariksha
- Sara (tissue quality)
- Average
- Samhanana (body compactness)
- Medium
- Pramana (body proportion)
- I have lost weight
- Satmya (habituation)
- Only light, simple food
- Sattva (mental strength)
- Sometimes I get disturbed
- Ahara Shakti (digestive capacity)
- Hunger comes and goes
- Vyayama Shakti (physical capacity)
- A little distance only
- Vaya (age stage)
- Elder
Nidana & Samprapti
- Nidana (causative factors)
- Cold or season change, Wrong or heavy food
- Samprapti (progression)
- Slowly, little by little