Abstract

Background: Ayurveda differs from other medical sciences by virtue of its unique concepts, independent ways of diagnosis and treatment. The prime aim of Ayurveda is two fold, i.e., maintaining health of the healthy individual and curing the diseases of diseased person. Determination of Prakruthi in newborn stage helps to differentiate the baby from other children by knowing peculiar characters. It also helps to maintain the health through out the life span, by proper measures. Hence, Charaka considered Prakruthi examination, as the first points of investigations regarding the patients.

Aims and objective: To evaluate the relation between Prakruthi and Dactylography.

Materials and Methods: 150 subjects within age group of 18-30 years were selected and given with questionnaires for Shareerika Prakruthi assessment and their 10 fingerprints were obtained through rolled method.

Discussion & Conclusion: A healthy individual is born out of normal Sukra, Artava, Atma, Prakruthi and various Vikaras and the predominance of Dosha at the time of conception determines the Prakruthi of the individual. No individual is alike another; all are different with respect to their own characteristic features. A fingerprint is the pattern on the inside of the finger in the area between the tip and the first joint and stays the same from the day of a person's birth to the day they die. On the basis of observation it is found that Kapha Dosha shows less variation were loop being the most repeated fingerprint pattern, whereas Vata Dosha shows maximum variation and Pitta Doshain between the two.

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