Pulse Diagnosis: Series of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Foreign Readers
STOCK CODE: BK2361
| Author: |
Lu Yubin |
| Author: |
Pengjun Zhong |
| Media Format: |
Paperback |
| Pages: |
186 |
| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
Shandong Science & Technology Press |
| Publication Date: |
1996 |
| ISBN: |
9787533118440 |
Good reference book for both TCM practitioners and TCM students. Features of many pulse conditions are well discussed.
ContentsOrigin of Pulse Diagnosis and its Positionin TCM Diagnosis 1- Origin of Pulse Diagnosis in TCM 2 1.Implication of pulse and pulse diagnosis 2 2.Formation of pulse diagnosis 2 3.Accomplishment of the pulse-taking on Cunkou6 4.Development of pulse diagnosis in later generations7- Position of Pulse Diagnosis in the Diagnostic Methods of TCM 1.Analysis of pathogenesis9 2.Supplementing diagnosis10 3Analyzing prognosis of disease11- Positions for Pulse-taking and the Relations Between the Pulse Diagnosis and the Zang-Fu Organs, Yin-Yang, Qi and Blood14- Positions for Pulse-taking14 1.Pulse-taking on Cunkou15 2.General pulse-takings16- Pulse Diagnosis and Zang Fu Organs, Yin Yang, Qi and Blood17 1.Pulse diagnosis and Zang Fu organs17 2.Relations between Yin Yang theory and the pulse diagnosis23 3.Pulse and Qi and Blood27 4.Mechanism of taking pulse at Cunkou27- Normal Pulse and its Physiological Variation 29 - Normal Pulse29 1.The features of normal pulse29 2.Components of a normal pulse and the mechanism of pulse formation32- Physiological Variation of Normal Pulse36 1.Influence of seasonal changes on the pulse36 2.Influence of ages on the pulse36 3. Influence of sexes on the pulse 36 4.Influence of constitutions on the pulse37 5.Influence of emotional changes on the pulse38 6.Influence of life style on the pulse39 7.Pulse changes in a day39- Methods of Pulse-taking and Attentions41- Methods of Pulse-taking411.Adjustment of the spirit and the breathing412.Principles of pulse-taking433.Taking a pulse in a period not lessthan fifty beats444.Application of the fingers45- Essentials for pulse-taking49- Attentions for Pulse-taking511.Removing the influential factors512.Comparing and analyzing the different pulses 523. Combining pulse-diagnosis with other diagnostic methods53- Pulse Patterns and Their Indications - Classification of the Pulse Patterns 1. Classification of the pulse patterns in accordance with their characteristics in depth, size, strength, rate and rhythm 55- Classjfication in accordance with their component factors 57 - TheTwenty eight Pulses 59 1.The Superficial Pulse 592.The deep Pulse633.The Slippery Pulse674.The uneven Pulse705.The rapid Pulse 74 6.The Slow pulse 777.The deplete pulse 808.The replete pulse 849.The long pulse 87 10.The short pulse 9011.The Wiry pulse 9312.The tense pulse 9613.The thready Pulse 9914.The full pulse 10215.The soft Pulse 10516.The moderate Pulse 10817.The hollow Pulse 1128.The tympanic pulse 11519.The scattered pulse 11720.The weak Pulse 12021.The feeble pulse 12322.The hidden pulse 12523.The firm pulse 12824.The tremulous pulse 13125.The running pulse 13326.The knotted pulse 13627.The intermittent Pulse 13928.The swift pulse 141- The Special Pulses 143 1.Double vessel Pulses 2.The ectopic pulse and the slantly located pulse 143 3.The moribund pulses 143 4.Absence of pulse 145 5.Pulse in pregnancy 146 6.Pulse in children 146- Physiopathological Basis of Pulse Diagnosis 149- Basic Structure and Function of the Heart150 1.Basic structure of the heart150 2.Functions of the heart152 3.Arrhythmia158 4.Conditions essential for maintenance of heart beats and their clinical significance158 5.Cardiac muscular contractility160 6.Factors influencing the myocardial contractility161 7.Feature of the coronary performance and its adjustment163 8.The cardiac ejection process and the effects of the cardiac valves166- Basic Structures and Functions of Vessels173 1.The structural features of the artery174 2.Physiological functions of vessels174 3.Volume and resistance of blood flow and blood pressure175.