In Ayurveda dashvidh pariksha or ten-fold examination is used to diagnose a disease.

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Introduction

The tenfold examination was given by Acharya Charaka. He was the physician who propagated his knowledge of medicine and wrote Charaka Samhita.
In this examination, as the name suggests, the check-up of patient is done by considering the following ten factors:

Prakruti (Physical constitution)
Vikruti (Pathological condition)
Sara (Perfectness of body tissue)
Samhanana (Physical build)
Pramana (Proportion of limbs and elements)
Satmya (Homologation)
Sattva (Psychic constitution)
Ahara shakti (Digestive capacity)
Vyayama shakti (Capacity for exercise)
Vaya (Age of the patient)