EXPLORING MEASUREMENT METHODS OF THE ARTERIAL PULSE
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.70066/jahm.v5i5.361Keywords:
Ayurveda, tridosha, pulse acquisition, sensor, pulse waveformAbstract
Study of pulse-based diagnostic techniques is gaining popularity because of its importance in alternative
medicine (Ayurveda, Unani, Traditional Chinese Medicine, etc.), increasingly being used in several countries
worldwide. In Ayurveda, it is considered that imbalance in the tridoshas gives rise to the diseased state of the
individual. Pulse-based diagnosis (NadiPariksha in Ayurveda) is a quick and simple technique where the
Ayurvedic doctor (vaidya) gathers the information of the health condition by placing three fingers (index,
middle and ring) on the wrist of the individual. Efforts are now being made to standardize the protocol for
research in the Ayurvedic pulse-based diagnostic approach (over the last decade) by using instrumentation for
acquisition and complex statistical analysis tools for the knowledge discovery process. The main aim of this
review is to provide an overview of the data acquisition techniques used for Ayurvedic wrist-pulse based
diagnosis. These contents are mainly extracted from the published work from approximately 50 journal and
conference articles.
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