Correspondence Address:
Dr Anand S Umale Associate Professor , Dept of Kriya Sharir Jupiter Ayurveda Medical College, Nagpur. Email: umaleanand24@gmail.com
Date of Acceptance: 2021-02-18
Date of Publication:2021-03-01
Article-ID:IJIM_59_03_21 https://ijim.co.in
Source of Support: NIL
Conflict of Interest: NIL
How To Cite This Article: Umale A S, Sahu Preeti, Meshram R M, Hange D, Bawankar R. The study of co-relation between Raktasarata and Medha with reference to to Intelligence quotient (IQ).Int. J Ind. Med. 2021;2(2):36-40
Background: Acharya charaka had advocated about eight types of sara pariksha specialy meant for ‘Balaman Dhyanarth of Dhatu’. The features of Raktasarata includes Tamra Snigdha Varna Karna, Akshi,Mukh,Jivha, Nasa, Osta,Panital, Padtal , Nakh, Lalat and Mehan. Objectives: To validate the corelation of Raktsara and Medha(intellectual) according to Ayurveda. To evaluate the intellectual capacity with relation to Raktsarata. Methods: Healthy individuals of age group between 20-40 years were selected. Selected individual was assessed for Raktasarata and Intelligence quotient (IQ) of each person was drawn out by applying Culture fair test Scale 2 form ‘A’. Results & conclusion: Medha can be co-related with intelligence as the functions of Medha and intelligence are same. Intelligence quotient (IQ) is related with type of Raktasarata the person has.
Keywords: Raktasarata, Medha, Dosha, Dhatu,Sarata, Dashvidh Pariksha.
