What is laksanas?

Laksanas are symptoms or signs of a disease or health condition that a person may experience. These could be subjective sensations such as pain or fatigue, or objective findings such as an abnormal physical exam or laboratory test result. In traditional Indian and Ayurvedic medicine, laksanas are considered important indicators of a person's health status and can be used to diagnose and treat health problems. In Western medicine, physicians also use laksanas to identify and treat diseases. Depending on the context, laksanas may be described as acute or chronic, primary or secondary, or related to specific body systems or organs.