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Examination of Tissue Vitality of an individual (Sara):

Broadly speaking, there are seven vital tissues in the human body, namely lymph (Raja), blood (Rakta), muscle (Mamsa), adipose (Meda), bone (Asthi), bone marrow (Majja) and reproductive tissue (Sukra)

Adaptability (Satmya): Indicating substances intrinsic to the body, it distinguishes between two types of people - those who are strong, adjust easily to difficulties and have excellent digestive capacity and those who are generally weak, intolerant to change and can have only few food options.

Psychic Constitution (Satwa): This refers to the mind which controls the body in contact with the soul (Atma). Depending on the degree of mental strength, it is deemed to be high, moderate or low.

Digestive Capacity (Ahara Sakti): This is judged by the individual's capacity to ingest and digest food substances.

Examination of the pulse: An experienced Ayurvedic physician can assess your body's nature (prakriti), pathological state (vikruti), imbalances of body type, very subtle observations and even prognosis of disease through the pulse.

Examination of the tongue (Jivha Pariksha): Assessed through its doshas state, a vata aggravated tongue is dry, rough and cracked, a pitta suffering tongue is red with a burning sensation and a kapha influenced tongue is wet, slimy and coated, suggesting the state of the digestive system.

Examination of the voice (Sabda Pariksha): Healthy and natural when the doshas are in balance, the voice will become heavy when aggravated by kapha, cracked under pitta effect and hoarse and rough when afflicted by vata.

Examination of skin (Sparsha Pariksha): Used for assessing the state of organs and tissue, palpation is an important clinical method for examination of skin. Noted for doshic influences, a vata aggravated skin is course and rough with a below normal temperature, skin that is pitta influenced will have a very high temperature and kapha affected skin becomes cold and wet.

Examination of stool (Mala Pariksha): If digestion and absorption of food are poor, the stool carries a foul odour and sinks in water. Vata aggravated, the stool is hard, dry and grey/ash in colour. Excess pitta makes it green/yellow in colour and liquid in form. High kapha lines it with mucus.

Beside this in psycho somatic disease Ayurvedic examination consist of following assessments-

Mind, intellect, perception, consciousness, memory, inclination, manners, activities, conduct, attachments, worry, moods, enthusiasm, bashfulness, greediness and rejections.

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