It is one of the methods from the first triad described in
Trividh Pariksha for the assessment of diseases.
This is the first method of clinical assessment. It starts from the moment the patient enters a clinic. It can be defined as the method to know the nature of disease by examining the patient externally.
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In this method, the person is totally assessed by the physician and the following things are noted:
- Enlargement or shrinking of body parts.
- Age
- Symptoms
- Strength
- Colour
- Shape of the body.
- Dryness or excessive oiliness
- Eyes - colour, features etc.
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Some rules regarding the assessment
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- Assessment should be done as far as possible in sunlight because the inference drawn in artificial light can be wrong.
- The place should be clean and calm.
- The patient should be relaxed and at ease.
- Examination of the patient should be the only concern of the physician.
- Assessment should be done from head to toe.
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The microscopic pathological investigations done now-a-days can also be included under inspection. Similarly the inspection of different internal organs done by X-rays also come under darshana.
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