Background: Taila Bindu Pariksha is an Ayurvedic examination of urine used as a diagnostic and prognostic method to assess various pathologies. This test depends on pattern, shape, and direction of spreading of oil dropped over a stable surface of urine sample. In this study, this test was applied in patients of different cancers to assess prognosis of the disease. So, assessment of oil drop pattern was carried out with a developing device to keep all parameters fixed like procedure of collection of urine sample, distance at which Sesame oil is dropped and the distance over head light sources etc. Methods and Material: Fifty randomly selected cases were divided into two groups. Group I consisted of 10 healthy volunteers and group II consisted of 40 pre-diagnosed cases of different types of cancer. The oil-drop dispersal pattern was recorded photographically. The results were drawn by analyzing oil drop spreading pattern of its direction and shape of oil drop over urine surface in them. Results: The results showed that among 40 cases of different cancers, maximum 30% cases having Pearl shape oil-drop while 36% were ill defined in term of classical expression. The results on direction of oil drop showed that 14 % of cases move towards west- south while 20 cases were of ill defined pattern. Conclusions: It was concluded that wherever the intensity of the disease increased or decreased, the direction and shape as well as size of dispersion of drop of sesame oil were changed. The modified device is helpful to standardize all parameters of test in each case and also make reproducibility of procedure accurately. This procedure is simple and cost effective.

Keywords: Mutra Taila Bindu Pariksha; Cancer; Oil Drop Pattern; New Device for Prognosis.