Why did the ancient imperial doctors feel the pulse of concubines, so that they would know whether they were happy or not?

There was no B-ultrasound in ancient times, but doctors used some other methods to detect pregnancy. Many Chinese medicine practitioners can distinguish whether a woman is happy or not by the change of her pulse. Therefore, we should pay attention to some methods of pulse-taking, and we can see the change of pulse condition. So, how does Chinese medicine judge the pulse as happy?

What can you see by taking the pulse? How to judge pulse happiness?

Pulse diagnosis is the most important diagnostic method in traditional Chinese medicine, which is the cut of "seeing, hearing and asking", that is, putting your finger on the wrist of the diagnosed person and judging the physical condition of the diagnosed person through the pulsating artery. Pulse conditions are generally divided into flat pulse, floating pulse, deep pulse, delayed pulse, counted pulse, virtual pulse, real pulse, slippery pulse, extensive pulse, thin pulse, chord pulse, accelerated pulse, knot pulse and generating pulse. Normal pulse, also known as flat pulse and normal pulse. The pulse of pregnancy is usually slippery.

"Pulse slip, that is, pulse slip, should mean smooth, like a jade plate rolling." When the pulse is felt, it slides like a row of bubbles, or small iron balls pass through the ring finger, middle finger and index finger of the pulse taker in turn, and the speed is faster, one by one. The pulse of slippery pulse is strong, because the blood flow of pregnant women increases by more than 20% than usual, so the pulse is stronger than ordinary people, which is the most obvious difference, so the pulse of pregnancy is usually slippery pulse.

Pulse diagnosis in traditional Chinese medicine

The position of pulse is generally Cunkou pulse, which is divided into Cunkou pulse, Guankou pulse and ulnar pulse. Put your hand out and put it naturally on the table. You will see a protruding bone at the wrist. On the side of your thumb, the finger of your other hand is placed on this protrusion. On the inner edge of the protuberance, you can feel the fluctuation of the artery. This part is off. It is one inch when it is closed (fingertip direction) and one foot when it is closed.

"Press it smoothly like a ball." According to the above method, put the index finger, middle finger and ring finger on three parts of the pulse-teller. The place where the ring finger is pressed is "inch", the middle finger is "off" and the index finger is "ruler". Inch and ruler here imply that the nearest to the palm is "inch" and the farthest is "ruler".

If you are pregnant, the ring finger, middle finger and index finger can obviously feel the pulse that is beating very happily. The pulse from "inch" to "foot" beats like running water in turn. If you are not pregnant, you can't feel the pulse of the ruler.

In layman's terms, if you are pregnant, the ring finger, middle finger and index finger can obviously feel a very cheerful beating pulse. If one of the three fingers can't feel the beat, it's not a pregnant pulse.

China's classical medical books record that "the pulse of fetal interest ... the left disease is male and the right disease is female. If you judge people by pulse, men and women have the same pulse, but their feet are different. The yang is weak and the yin is strong. The left is the main official, the right is the main official room, the left is male, and the right is female. " Among them, "the left disease is male and the right disease is female" probably means that the pulse condition on the left is more obvious, especially for boys, and the pulse condition on the right is more obvious.

There is also a saying that if the pulse rate of "inch" is more obvious than others, then it is a son, otherwise the probability of having a daughter is greater. Generally speaking, it is more accurate to judge the sex of the fetus by pulse within 3 months of pregnancy.

Everyone should pay attention to these methods. Many Chinese medicine practitioners can distinguish between men and women, but don't trust them too much. Many people will judge men and women in this way. In fact, men and women are the same. I hope everyone will pay attention to science and. Don't overdo it, believe in taking the pulse. Many times, there will be errors, so everyone needs to pay attention.