What can you know by taking the pulse?

Everyone should know that Chinese medicine practitioners need to put their hands on the patient's wrist for a while before seeing a doctor. This is called "taking the pulse". Pulse diagnosis means that Chinese medicine puts the hand on the pulse of the patient's wrist and judges the physical condition according to the performance of the pulse condition. Pulse condition is pulse condition, pulse condition is pulse condition.

Pulse condition is the beating of our pulse. We can judge the physical condition by the change of pulse strength, speed, thickness and stop, just like western medicine listens to the sound of heart beating through a stethoscope. Through long-term experience, there are dozens of changes in TCM pulse conditions, and different pulse conditions also correspond to different problems. Today we will talk about several common pulse conditions.

How to judge physical condition by pulse condition?

Many people think that taking a pulse is simply putting your finger on someone else's pulse, but it is not. In fact, when taking the pulse, you should find the right position, usually in inches. When cutting the pulse, you need to press the middle finger on the inside of the wrist, which is the "off". The distance between closing one finger seam and closing the next is a ruler. Then, put the index finger and the ring finger in the place where the summation ruler is stored. The left hand inch represents "heart, liver and kidney" and the right hand inch represents "lung, spleen and kidney". By closing your left and right hands, you can know your physical condition.

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When you feel the pulse, you can feel the obvious pulse beating with a little force, which is called floating pulse; If you can't feel the pulse easily, you need a little effort to feel the pulse, which is called partial sinking. I can only feel the existing pulse. When the pulse condition of ruler and Guan is not obvious, only one pulse can be felt, and the other two pulses are not obvious, which is called floating.

When touching the floating pulse, the floating pulse is a very powerful pulse condition. The three veins in Guanchi are full of qi and blood, indicating that the qi and blood in the body are sufficient and can be transported to the hands in time, indicating that the body is in good health. When touching the sink pulse, it is necessary to judge which pulse is not obvious, and then solve the problem, such as not touching the inch pulse, indicating that the heart blood circulation is not smooth, and then find out what the specific problem is through observation.

speed

The speed of the pulse can also reflect the physical condition, and the speed of the pulse is also divided into various situations, reflecting different problems. Medical books say that counting is hot, and being late is cold. Counting means that the pulse is fast, and being late means that the pulse is slow. That is to say, when the pulse is fast, the body is in a positive disease-resistant state, while when the pulse is slow, it belongs to a state of disease-resistant failure. Fast beating means fast blood circulation. At this time, the immunity is often high and the beating is too slow, indicating that the blood and blood are running slowly and the immunity is low. Of course, the number of pulse beats is standard, and it will jump 75 times per minute in a calm situation, which is judged around this range.

thickness

In addition to the fluctuation of pulse strength, the judgment of thickness is also very important. When you feel the pulse, you will also judge the width of the blood vessels with your hands. When the blood vessels are thick, it shows that the ability of qi and blood transport in the body is relatively strong and the yang in the body is sufficient. When the blood vessels are thin, the ability of qi and blood conduction is poor, indicating that the body is not full of qi and blood. Of course, judging qi and blood by the thickness of blood vessels is different. For example, a thick and strong pulse means sufficient blood, while a thick pulse means vigorous blood, and so on. There are also many differences.

Through thousands of years of experience, it is concluded that the ups and downs, speed, thickness and so on of pulse condition represent what problems respectively. For example, a thin, slow and floating pulse is a late pulse, indicating that there is insufficient qi and blood in the body. If it is a woman, it is possible that the menstrual period will not come for a long time and it is difficult to get pregnant. And the pulse is slippery, there will be two pulses beating at the same time, which means that the pulse is slippery, and it is often called a happy pulse. Pulse diagnosis is a summary of the wisdom of Chinese medicine for thousands of years. It is an empirical science with certain rationality. Pulse diagnosis culture is also quite profound, which makes people feel its wisdom.