Nadi Pariksha
Pulse investigation (Nadi Pariksha)
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Usage of left hand in females
It has been a frequently asked question, that weather to investigate a woman's pulse on her left hand. The answer of it has been given in a famous ayurvedic text known as yoga ratnakar.
Many explanations have been given in this regard. It is world wide accepted fact that pulse may vary in both hands of a same individual. It has been mentioned in ayurvedic texts that the nadi chakra (nerve plexus) differs in males and females. The chakra or the plexuses which lies at the level of nabhi (umbilicus), known as kurma chakra is said to influence the nadi or the pulse of an individual. It is said that this kurma chakra is faced upwards in women and downwards in men. Hence here makes the difference in the pulse pattern in either of the sexes. Yoga ratnakar text has given three reasons.
These are:-
- Saastraa (science)
- Sampradaaya (tradition)
- personal experience
If by courtesy this has been traditionally adopted by us, there is no reason for disobeying the rules set by our ancestors. More over it has been the practice for generations to test the pulse in the right hand for a man and left hand for a woman. There is also no reason to condemn people who do not obey the rule as it is just for courtesy sake.
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