Nidana pancaka – five diagnostic tools Nidana (cause), Purvarupa (premonitory symptoms), Rupa (signs and symptoms characteristic of the disease), Upashaya (diagnostic test) and Samprapti (mode of manifestation of the disease) are the five means of obtaining full knowledge (diagnosis) of disease. Notes – Knowledge of all these five is not essential for the diagnosis of every disease. Many can be diagnosed by knowing any one or two, sometimes all the five are necessary.
Nidana pancaka – five diagnostic tools Nidana (cause), Purvarupa (premonitory symptoms), Rupa (signs and symptoms characteristic of the disease), Upashaya (diagnostic test) and Samprapti (mode of manifestation of the disease) are the five means of obtaining full knowledge (diagnosis) of disease. Notes – Knowledge of all these five is not essential for the diagnosis of every disease. Many can be diagnosed by knowing any one or two, sometimes all the five are necessary.