An importance of Poorvaroopa W.S.R. to Prameha

In Ayurvedic science, diagnosis of disease is done with help of Nidan Panchaka. In five-fold examination, Poorvaroopa is one of the component/parts of Nidan Panchak. Poorvaroopa means prodromal features. Nodisease appears all of a sudden. Time taken between etiological factors intake to appearance of specific disease is of Poorvaroopa. They are premonitory features that manifest before the actual emergence of disease. These symptoms could be Doshik or Adoshik. Proovaroopa are of two types, general and specific. Careful understanding of Poorvaroopa helps in differential diagnosis of diseases. Poorvaroopa also helps determine prognosis of any disease. Appearance of all Poorvaroopa of any disease isconsidered bad prognosis because it means disease is incurable. At Proovaroopa stage, treatment modalities for any disease are simpler or easier.