A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c46.90
A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c46.90
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Chapter seven (92cd–95) instructs the physician to diagnose vāta disorders with the index, pitta disorders with the middle finger, and kapha disorders with the little finger. Patients up to the age of fifty should be examined with the fingers of the right, older patients with those of the left hand.