Basic knowledge of Chinese medicine pulse feeling

Everyone knows that Chinese medicine practitioners usually use the method of observation, auscultation, inquiry and palpation to diagnose patients, and this method has been passed down since ancient times. When treating patients, many Chinese medicine practitioners will rely on the frequency of the patient's pulse to sense the patient's internal conditions. Therefore, for those who study Chinese medicine, it is particularly necessary to master the basic knowledge. So what are the basic knowledge of Chinese medicine pulse feeling?

Feeling the pulse, also known as pulse diagnosis, is a diagnostic method in which Chinese medicine practitioners press the patient's arteries with their hands to understand the internal changes of the disease based on the pulse. Taking the pulse has a long history and it reflects the characteristics and experience of traditional Chinese medicine in diagnosing diseases. Pulse image can be understood as the image of the pulse.

Taking the pulse is a diagnostic method invented by ancient Chinese traditional medical practitioners. Since modern times, Western medicine has been accustomed to using a stethoscope to diagnose patients, while for more than two thousand years, Chinese medicine has been accustomed to pulse diagnosis, that is, pressing the pulse with fingers and diagnosing diseases based on the pulse. The theoretical system of Traditional Chinese Medicine is also unique in the world.

Taking the pulse is composed of the location (deep, shallow), rate (fast, slow), intensity (strong, weak), rhythm (regular or not, whether there are pauses) and shape of the arterial pulsation. Pulse is an important basis for Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment. It has important clinical significance in distinguishing the cause of the disease, inferring the changes of the disease, identifying the true or false of the disease, and judging the prognosis of the disease.

Since the pulse is the home of blood and runs through the whole body, any pathology of the internal organs is often reflected in the pulse. Sometimes the pulse has changed before the symptoms are fully manifested. Therefore, taking the pulse has been passed down as a traditional Chinese culture to this day.

The significance of taking the pulse

The pulse image is the appearance of the pulse. The formation of the pulse is directly related to the fluctuation of the heart, the rise and fall of heart qi, the smoothness of the meridians and the surplus and deficiency of qi and blood. Therefore, the heart and meridians are the main organs that form the pulse. Qi and blood are the material basis for the formation of pulse. At the same time, blood circulates in the meridians, flowing throughout the body. In addition to the dominant role of the heart, it must also be coordinated with the internal organs: the lungs are connected to all the meridians, and the lung Qi is spread, and the blood is released and dispersed; the spleen governs the blood and is the source of the production and transformation of Qi and blood. The blood relies on the nourishment and control of the spleen to circulate; the liver stores blood and is responsible for regulating the amount of blood; the kidneys store essence, and essence can produce blood and transform into Qi. The kidney Qi is the driving force for the functional activities of various organs and tissues. Therefore, it can reflect the comprehensive information of the whole body's internal organs, qi and blood, yin and yang. When the internal organs, qi and blood become diseased, it will inevitably manifest itself in the pulse, presenting a pathological pulse pattern, which becomes an important basis for diagnosing the disease.