Guides

Ayurvedic clinical documentation for practitioners

Short guides to the classical frameworks you already use, and how to record them so the next visit can read them.

• Pancha Nidana: the five-fold Ayurvedic diagnostic framework

  What Pancha Nidana is, its five components (Nidana, Purvarupa, Rupa, Upashaya, Samprapti), and how to document each one in a clinical note.

• Prakriti vs Vikriti: documenting constitution and current imbalance

  How Prakriti (baseline constitution) differs from Vikriti (present imbalance), and how to record both so they stay useful across visits.

• Samprapti and Shat Kriyakala: writing the pathogenesis

  Samprapti explained for practitioners: the six stages of Kriyakala, the factors to name, and a compact way to write pathogenesis in a note.

• Ashtavidha Pariksha: the eightfold examination, documented

  The eight classical examinations (Nadi, Mutra, Mala, Jihva, Shabda, Sparsha, Drik, Akriti) and how to record findings consistently.

• What to include in an Ayurvedic intake form

  A practitioner checklist for Ayurvedic patient intake: history, ahara, vihara, agni and koshtha, sleep, menstrual history, and what to keep out of the form.

• Pathya-Apathya: writing diet and lifestyle guidance patients follow

  How to document Pathya (wholesome) and Apathya (unwholesome) guidance so it is specific, realistic, and reviewable at the next visit.

• Ayurvedic documentation and HIPAA: a practical guide for US clinics

  How US Ayurvedic practitioners can keep clinical documentation organised while limiting where protected health information lives. Not legal advice.

• Running an Ayurvedic practice on OpenEMR

  What OpenEMR does well for Ayurvedic clinics, where it falls short for Pancha Nidana and Prakriti documentation, and how practitioners fill the gap.