To Supplement numerical data for ushna asahatva in pitta prakruti by assessment of sheeta- virodisparsha with experimental work.(Pitta Biotype has Intolerance to heat )

  

Title: To Supplement numerical data for ushna asahatva in pitta prakruti by assessment of sheeta- virodisparsha with experimental work.(Pitta Biotype has Intolerance to heat )

         

          Dr. Sheetal Uttam Roman had submitted her dissertation to Pune University for the P.G. degree M.D. (Sharir Kriya). Her guide was Dr. Nandini Dhargalkar & Research center was Tilak Ayurved Mahavidyalaya, Pune (M.S.), India.

          Dr. Roman had tried assessing pitta prakruti people for specific feature of intolerance to heat (Ushna asahatva).

 She had selected 100 volunteers from the age group 18 to 21. Volunteers were divided into two groups. All the volunteers were asking to feel up questionnaire prepare for making diagnosis of presence or absence of intolerance to heat.

          Specific experiment was design to see the intolerance for heat.

 A vessel with hot water was used. The volunteers were asking to touch the vessel after gradual increasing the temperature of water. Reflexly removal of the hand from the vessel was noted. Experiment was done twice a week for 6 months.

          The research is concluded as follows –

i)                   Intolerance to heat was seen in all the individuals of pitta dominant constitution. So this character may be taken as cardinal sigh of hot attribute (ushna guna)

ii)                In Kapha pitta or vata- pitta constitution intolerance to heat was not prominent.