Title |
Determinants of Prakriti, the Human Constitution Types of Indian Traditional Medicine and its Correlation with Contemporary Science
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Published in |
Journal of Ayurveda & Integrative Medicine, January 2014
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DOI | 10.4103/0975-9476.140478 |
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Authors |
Harish Rotti, Ritu Raval, Suchitra Anchan, Ravishankara Bellampalli, Sameer Bhale, Ramachandra Bharadwaj, Balakrishna K. Bhat, Amrish P. Dedge, Vikram Ram Dhumal, G. G. Gangadharan, T. K. Girijakumari, Puthiya M. Gopinath, Periyasamy Govindaraj, Swagata Halder, Kalpana S. Joshi, Shama Prasada Kabekkodu, Archana Kamath, Paturu Kondaiah, Harpreet Kukreja, K. L. Rajath Kumar, Sreekumaran Nair, S. N. Venugopalan Nair, Jayakrishna Nayak, B. V. Prasanna, M. Rashmishree, K. Sharanprasad, Kumarasamy Thangaraj, Bhushan Patwardhan, Kapaettu Satyamoorthy, Marthanda Varma Sankaran Valiathan |
Abstract |
Constitutional type of an individual or prakriti is the basic clinical denominator in Ayurveda, which defines physical, physiological, and psychological traits of an individual and is the template for individualized diet, lifestyle counseling, and treatment. The large number of phenotype description by prakriti determination is based on the knowledge and experience of the assessor, and hence subject to inherent variations and interpretations. |
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