Ayurvedic Assessment

Build a strong foundation in the principles and philosophy behind Ayurvedic diagnosis and client assessment.

Learn the trividha parīkṣā (threefold examination), focusing on observation, touch, and questioning techniques.

Deepen your skills with the aṣṭavidha parīkṣā (eightfold examination), including pulse, tongue, and stool analysis.

Explore the daśavidha parīkṣā (tenfold examination) to assess constitution, strength, and patterns of imbalance.

Study advanced diagnostic tools and learn how to apply them thoughtfully in real-world client settings.

Understand how to interpret client data, connect symptoms to root causes, and trace the pathways of imbalance.

Personal and Family Health History

Demonstrated ability to effectively take a detailed current and past, personal, and family health history with the following ability/abilities: Asks questions which gather the appropriate information necessary to understand the prakṛti individual constitution) and vikṛti (pathological condition) of the client and refers a client for disease management care, when necessary.

In-Depth Knowledge of:

• What the chief complaint is, based on initial consultation and the importance of mitigating factors such as: origin, duration, progress, factors that aggravate and relieve the symptoms.
• Past medical history, including Illness, injuries, surgeries, hospitalizations
• Family history affecting vikṛti (pathological condition) of the client
• Social history affecting vikṛti (pathological condition) of the client
• Roles of work relationships and home environment affecting vikṛti (pathological condition) of the client
• Medication and supplements a client are taking
• Any food or drug allergies or intolerances the client has
• Nutritional habits of the client
• Good listening skills, eye contact and develops rapport with client
• How to ask open ended questions with each client
• The importance of obtaining a good health history and demonstrates this ability
• Accurate assessment and plan of action
• Client’s satisfaction of Āyurveda methodology
• Improving the understanding of the consultation
• Improvement of client compliance to any suggestions or guidelines given

Vital Signs

Demonstrated ability to effectively take basic vital signs:

• Taking a client’s measurements: (Requires a description of measurements)
• Assessing a client’s height and weight
• Taking a client’s pulse
• Taking the blood pressure

In-Depth Knowledge of:

• Pulse
  • Able to interpret pulse rate, rhythm, and volume
  • Taking pulse at appropriate site
  • Normal and abnormal pulses
• Blood Pressure
  • Determining what is blood pressure
  • The systolic and diastolic pressure (normal, abnormal, physiology)
  • Measuring blood pressure
• Respiration
  • Determining respiration
  • Normal and abnormal respiration

Nidāna (Etiological Factors)

Demonstrated ability to determine the nidāna (etiological factors) responsible for the doṣic imbalance:

• Interprets and understands the case history of the client
• Conveys the factors causing the general doṣic imbalance with the client

In-Depth Knowledge of:

• The three fundamental causes of disease: Asātmyendriyārtha saṃyoga (abnormal interaction of senses and their objects), prajñāparādha (intellectual transgression), pariṇāma (change due to time)
• How the senses might be misused (over-used, under-used or wrongly used) in a manner that causes the doṣas to become aggravated
• How daily and seasonal routines impact the flow of the doṣas
• Qualities that cause the doṣas to go through the six stages of pathogenesis
• How constitution, climate, season, and age impact the movement of the doṣas
• Additional nidānas (causative factors) in the disease process
• How the suppression of natural urges contributes to the disease process
• Specific etiological factors of each symptom and disease

Click here to download the full course catalog to explore our academic calendar.