International Research Journal of Education and Technology

A santarpaṇajanya vyādhi called prameha roga is identified by excessively frequent urination and has other meanings, i.e., wetting, emission, and excreting. There are so many reasons for the origin of this disease, but nidāna (hetu) is the prime factor from a diagnostic point of view. Hetu classified in various saṃhitā as āhāraja (dietary) and vihāraja (lifestyle). In āhāraja nidāna, consumption of certain food items leads to a vitiation of doṣa and dūṣya that disrupt glucose metabolism and contribute to prameha roga. Vihāraja nidāna involves lifestyle factors that further exacerbate the condition. These all-causative factors of disease are outlined with some variations across different texts, including Mādhava Nidāna, Caraka Saṃhitā, Suśruta Saṃhitā, and Aṣṭāṅga-Hṛdaya. These texts provide insights into the lifestyle, dietary, and emotional factors that contribute to the onset of Prameha roga, with some consensus and divergence among them. On the Morden perspective, in this review, a detailed classification of hetu has been described that are involved in Prameha roga samprāpti.