TY - JOUR AU - H S, Mythri AU - Krishnan R , Nithin AU - Ram Mahto, Raja PY - 2022/10/09 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Photocolorimeter – Can it be a novel application to quantify Avila Mutrata? JF - International Journal of Ayurvedic Medicine JA - IJAM VL - 13 IS - 3 SE - Research Articles DO - 10.47552/ijam.v13i3.2733 UR - https://ijam.co.in/index.php/ijam/article/view/2733 SP - 706-710 AB - <p><em>Prameha</em> has been described as one of the <em>Mahagadas</em> and <em>Anushangi vyadhi</em>. It is also a disease which is associated with derangement in <em>Ojus</em> (~Immunity). The disease is manifested as <em>Prabhootavilamootrata</em> (Polyuria with turbidity in urine). <em>Madhumeha </em>can be closely correlated to Diabetes mellitus. Glycosuria is a striking feature of the disease, which alerts the patient. It happens when the glomerulus filters more glucose than the proximal tubule can reabsorb. It can be due to elevated plasma glucose or renal glucose absorption impairment, or both. Excessive <em>Kleda</em> in the condition of <em>Madhumeha</em> gets mixed with other doshas and dhatus and forms <em>Vikrita avastha</em>. <em>Kleda </em>has two routes of expulsion from the body viz; <em>Sweda</em> and <em>Mutra. This can lead to the Avilata mutrata in Madhumeha. Avilata</em> is a condition related to light absorption, diffusion and Chroma/Chrome. liquid. Hence <em>avilata</em> is related with transparency of an object and its optical density (OD). Therefore, COLORIMETER instrument was chosen for the mutra <em>pariksha</em>, which works on the principles of OD. Colorimetric analysis can become a simple, OPD based, cost effective, and specific quantitative analysis of Urine which can be used to translate the principles of Ayurveda into practice and for better management and monitoring of <em>Madhumeha</em>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> ER -