REFERENCE VALUE OF TAILA BINDU PARIKSHA IN HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS

Abstract

Taila bindu pariksha, a method of urine examination for prognosis of diseases has been described in of Ayurvedic texts of medieval period. In this test oil is dropped on urine surface and on basis of shape, direction and spread time of oil drop prognosis of disease is predicted. Details of observations of this test in patients have been mentioned in texts but reference range in normal individuals has not been mentioned. Present study was carried out for outlining the findings of this test in normal healthy individuals so that we can set reference range. For this standardized procedure of Taila bindu pariksha was followed and observations were recorded in form of video clips. Following this standardized procedure Taila bindu pariksha was performed in 30 apparently healthy individuals. In all cases shape and direction was found in accordance with textual descriptions of easily curable diseases. Mean spread time was 25.1 sec and split time was 84.57 sec.