Pulse-taking
In TCM, the diagnosis is based on inspection, listening and smelling, inquiry and pulse-taking. The so-called “pulse-taking” refers to the ancient pulse diagnosis, also known as pulse polpation, and pulse feeling. The formation of the pulse is closely related to the qi and blood of the internal organs, and if the qi and blood of the internal organs are diseased, the operation of the blood vessels will be affected and the pulse will change. Firstly to identify floating and deeping,second deficiency and excess; third length and shortness, fourth slowness and rapidness; fifth to check the pulse shape
TCM from ancient times to the present has always attached more importance to the pulse diagnosis, which is the symbol of TCM. Other countries do not have this technique, before the Han Dynasty there has been “pulse diagnosis”, “Kui Du” are the works collecting pulse-taking methodsk. These two books used the nice pulse diagnosis method in three parts of body. And cun pulse-taking method was created by the magpie, has been widely used.
1,cun pulse is devided to 3 sections: cun,guan,chi
2, the right hand is a person’s qi part, the left hand is a person’s blood part
The beating of a person’s pulse, the right hand presents the condition of qi and the left hand presents the condition of blood.
3、The correspondence between the three parts of the left and right hand and Five zang-organs and six fu-oragns：
(Qi) Cun of right hand : upper energizer ~ lung (large intestine)
Guan: middle energizer~ spleen (stomach)
Chi: lower energizer ~ kidney (triple energizer, endocrine)
(Blood) Cun of left hand: upper energizer ~ heart (small intestine)
Guan: Middle energizer ~ liver (bile)
Chi: lower energizer ~ kidney (bladder, urinary system)
4, Float,middle and deep. The three degrees of pulse taking force method
Float to take: fingertips, gently pressed against the skin of the pulse above
Middle take: fingertips, press some into the flesh
Deep to take: fingertip, press to the bone to the whole pulse, as if it was pressed off, stick to the bone.
5、The pulse of the four seasons (the unity of heaven and earth)
Take the analogy of the natural world: blood vessels are just like rivers,whose flow is like the change in the 4 seasons in the year:
In the spring, the snow just meltes, the river begins to trickle inside, the water little by little begins to come out, and then more and more water; in the summer time, the water will be more vigorous; in the autumn time, the level of river begins to lower. In the winter time, the surface of river sometimes freezes, the water is at the bottom.
Spring pulse ~ string pulse, like a string or a water pipe has not been full, so it is relatively thin, but because the water pressure is increasing, so there will be a little tightening,with the feeling of strangulation, just like a string.
Summer pulse ~ flood pulse, the blood flow is relatively large, like the river water flow is more vigorous when there will be a larger pulse. In summer, the pulse will be beating slightly faster, bigger flow feeling.
Autumn pulse ~ floating pulse, blood vessels in the summer has been propped up, but the water begins to lower, so will feel floating outside,while empty inside. Ancient books called this feather pulse, like touching a feather, that is, will get the blood vessels very wide, but press down inside empty, as if this pulse is something floating on top of water
The pulse in winter ~ deep pulse, the cold weather in winter, people’s nutrition is storaged inside, the pulse is sinking down.