Method of examination

Urine sample must be collected in an earthen pot or dish. The dish should be placed in the environment free from the harsh climatic conditions like air current etc. when the surface of urine is still; a drop of oil is placed on it with the help op pipette or a straw.

If the drop of oil so placed quickly spreads all over the surface in all the directions, the diseases is said to be saadhya (curable). If vice versa occurs then the disease is i.e. the drop remains at the same place then the disease is said to be kricha saadhya (difficult to cure). If a condition arises in which the drops sinks then the disease is said to be incurable. This theory of distinguish\hing a disease was concepted by Nagaarjun, a great rishi who introduced rasa Shasta (chemistry) in ayurveda.

Various other methods of diagnosis and then prognosing of a disease have been mentioned. If the drop of the oil acquires a shape of a snake i.e. it assumes a linear pattern then diseases is supposed to have been occurred by vata dosha. If the drop of oil assumes an umbrella kind of shape then the disease affecting a person is due to the vitiation of pitta dosha. if the drop acquires a shape of a pearl then it is indication of kapha dominant disease.

The knowledge of mutra pariksha had once reached its peak and there were very detailed mentioning of its usage but as the advent of time certain text were lost hence our knowledge is now some what restricted by the lost of proper means of acquiring the sufficient knowledge. But it is still in practice in India by some of the traditional practitioners as there ancestors have thought them this art.

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