Relevance of Arista Vigyana in Present Perspective

The diseases are classified on the basis of their management as early curable, palliable, or incurable. During disease process certain disease develop few peculiar signs and symptoms which have grave prognosis, such type of symptoms are defined as Arista lakshana in Ayurvedic classics. Therefore before starting of treatment it is very crucial to know about the progression as well as prognosis of the disease. Treatment of incurable diseases defame the vaidya and come to be the causes of loss of wealth and esteem in society as well. At the time of selection of patient a good physician should concern about the qualities of the patients i. e aadhya, bhisakvashya, gyapak, satvavan, mentioned by Acharya Vagbhatt in ayushkamiya adhyay. Since inspite of the symptoms of bad prognosis, the disease may get hardly curable if the patient had scanty of these properties.