PRAKRITI ASSESSMENT: A MULTI MODULE ANALYSIS OF PRAKRITI IN HEALTHY INDIVIDUAL

Dr. B. Kothainayagi, Dr. Anupam Sharma, Dr. Avinash Choudhary, Dr.Neeraj Kumar Gupta, Dr.Rekha Phull

Abstract


As for the most troubling and leading health issues of today’s era are the different life style disorders, any practice that could pave the path to overcome this issue shall be a boon to the medical field. One such mode which can help, not only to prevent the lifestyle diseases but also to recommend personalized treatment and to prevent other diseases as well is, “Prakriti – analysis”. To assess the prakriti a more defined, precise and accurate questionnaire is needed.  One such effort has been made in the present study to check the reproducibility of the tools which are already available.


Keywords


Prakriti, questionnaire, assessment, standardization

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