CO-RELATION BETWEEN DEHA PRAKRITI AND BLOOD GROUP IN HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS

Abstract

Introduction: Prakriti stands for nature of the body in terms of Dosha and is decided at the time of conception according to the predominance of Dosha. According to Ayurvedic Acharyas, Prakriti of an individual cannot change during his whole life, same as blood group of an individual does not change during his life. In the present study, a relationship between Deha Prakriti and Blood Group was established. Aim and Objective: The aim of the study is to find an association between Deha Prakriti and Blood group in healthy individual. Material and Methods: For this study to be carried out, a total of 150 healthy individual (50 of each dominant prakriti) were selected. Assessment of Prakriti was done using K. Patwardhan and R. Sharma, “Prakriti: a self-assessment questionnaire” and Blood group sample was taken and investigations were carried out in pathology lab, Ch. Brahm Prakash Ayurved Charak Sansthan, Khera Dabar, Najafgarh, New Delhi and A one-way repeated measures ANOVA also known as a within-subjects ANOVA was applied to test the association between Deha prakriti and Blood group in healthy individual. Results The prevalence of different blood group as found in our study is in the order of B+, O+, A+, AB+, A-, AB-, B- and O- respectively. On analyzing the blood group with respect to Prakriti types, association was noticed between blood group type B with all single Doshaj Prakriti (Vataj, Pittaj and Kaphaj). This study shows that blood groups cannot be thus used as features to classify dominant Prakriti as no statistically significant association was found between them (p > 0.05). Keywords: Blood group, Prakriti, Vata, Pitta, Kapha.