Pulse indicating death

You may call it an assert or trouble inviting factor but by observing nadi or the pulse, there have been mentioned certain criteria in ayurvedic texts, that can help in judging the death of patient in near future. But it is a very controversial task to declare a persons death in near future. This can lead to a damaged reputation of the physician if his said words are not being able to come to the truth. Ayurveda has mentioned certain methods by which a death of a person can be forecasted but it requires lots and lots of clinical practice and a great observational power so as to reach the stage of much accuracy if not the certainty. There have been mentioned various methods in indriye sthan (a complete set of 12 chapters in charak samhita) which deals with the Arishata Lakhsnam (signs and symptoms which helps in forecasting the death). Take an example, a careful observer should easily recognize impending death by slow and yet dangerous pulse of uremia or by the stringy, crooked and quick pulse of septicemia or the halting distorted a collapsing patient, with his nose immensely cold, his eyes fixed without winking and his pulse displaced from original position. This pulse confirmation is known as mrityu nadi (death pulse).

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