<div style="text-align:justify;">[[Nidana Sthana]], the second section within [[Charak Samhita]], is about guidelines for diagnosing disease on the basis of detailed history and clinical examination. The word Nidana literally means primary cause and diagnosis.<ref> Available from http://spokensanskrit.org/index.php?mode=3&script=hk&tran_input=nidana&direct=au accessed on May 02,2019</ref> The five methods to know a disease viz. [[hetu]] (causative factors), [[purvarupa]] (premonitory signs and symptoms), [[rupa]] (clinical features),[[upashaya]] (pacifying factors) and [[samprapti]] (etio-pathogenesis).The comprehensive study guides a physician to diagnose and treat disease with minimal use of laboratory, imaging and other tools. | <div style="text-align:justify;">[[Nidana Sthana]], the second section within [[Charak Samhita]], is about guidelines for diagnosing disease on the basis of detailed history and clinical examination. The word Nidana literally means primary cause and diagnosis.<ref> Available from http://spokensanskrit.org/index.php?mode=3&script=hk&tran_input=nidana&direct=au accessed on May 02,2019</ref> The five methods to know a disease viz. [[hetu]] (causative factors), [[purvarupa]] (premonitory signs and symptoms), [[rupa]] (clinical features),[[upashaya]] (pacifying factors) and [[samprapti]] (etio-pathogenesis).The comprehensive study guides a physician to diagnose and treat disease with minimal use of laboratory, imaging and other tools. |