Abstract

IMPORTANCE OF POORVAROOPA IN CHIKITSA SIDDHANT

Trupti Sarode*, Snehal Ganpat Burande and Samata Pandurang Galphade

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Abstract

In Ayurveda, diagnosis of disease is done with help of Nidan Panchaka that are five -fold examination, Purvarupa is one of the component part of Nidan Panchak. Purvarupa means prodromal features of diseases. Any disease does not appear suddenly. Time taken between etiological factors intake to appearance of specific disease is of purvarupa. They are premonitory features that manifest before the actual emergence of disease. Careful understanding of purvarupa helps in differential diagnosis of diseases. Purvarupa also helps to determine the prognosis of any disease. Appearance of all purvarupa of any disease are considered of bad prognosis and incurable. At Purva Rupa stage, treatment modalities for any disease are simpler or easier. So the knowledge of Purvarupa is essential. In samhitas the purvarupa (prodromal features) of Prameha vyadhi are described very well. So in this article an attempt is made to elaborate the importance of Purvarupas from all Ayurvedic samhitas.

Keywords: Purvarupa, Sthansanshraya, Dosha-dushya sammurchhna, Prodromal features.