Intrarater and interrater reliability of pulse examination in traditional Indian Ayurvedic medicine

Background: In Ayurveda, pulse examination (nadipariksha) is an important tool to assess the status of three doshas: vata, pitta, and kapha. Long historical use has been seen as a documentation of its efficacy; however, there is a lack of a quantitative measure of the reliability of the pulse examin...

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Main Authors: Vrinda Kurande, Rasmus Waagepetersen, Egon Toft, Ramjee Prasad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-09-01
Series:Integrative Medicine Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213422013000498