An Objective Measure of Holistic Health Diagnosis: An HIP–Bioelectric Approach

- The comparison of diagnostic approach between modern medicine and traditional holistic health care systems namely Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (AYUSH) has been a subject of research interest. However, the precision and accuracy of physicians’ diagnostic skill in AYUSH mainly acquired through clinical experience wherein, inter-rater reliability and consistency of same seems skeptical. The present diagnostic research scenario of AYUSH reflects lack of consistency and reliability that hints for barring of physicians’ diagnostic cognitive assessment. Therefore, this study advocates neuropsychological approach of Human Information Processing (HIP) model applicable to both physicians’ cortical diagnostic cognition function and subjects’ symptom generation. The study proposes modulation of bioelectrical activity on electro-neuro-physiological domain of physicians’ cortical HIP function based on signal detection theory (SDT). The traditional yoga and meditation practices would improve quality of physicians’ diagnosis through electro cortical phase analysis to perceive subjects’ whole body bioelectrical activity of symptom generation. Henceforth, the study concludes yoga and meditation practice modulates HIP-SDT axis to enhance physicians’ diagnostic skill performance.