Walsh Sean, King Emma (eds.) Pulse Diagnosis: A Clinical Guide

Churchill Livingstone, 2007. — 921 p. — ISBN: 9780702047886This exciting new book Pulse Diagnosis: A Clinical Guide describes a reliable method of pulse assessment. The author's style and approach to pulse diagnosis provides a unique insight into this often ambiguous system of diagnosis drawing upon the traditions of Chinese medicine, the knowledge of biomedical constructs and the relationship of each to contemporary TCM clinical practice. Subjects covered include exploration of the concept of pulse and establishment of it within the context of health, current limitations of current pulse literature in relation to clinical practice, pulse diagnosis within contemporary TCM clinical practice and pulse taking procedures. This book contains unique sections on reliability and validity of pulse diagnosis and combines both western perspective as well as Chinese medicine.Contextualising pulse within contemporary clinical practice
The pulse: its place in contemporary biomedical and CM practice
Historical pulse records and practice
Issues of reliability and validity
Getting started: pulse techniques, procedures and the development of a methodical approach to pulse assessment
Simple CM pulse qualities and associated pulse parameters
Complex CM pulse qualities and associated pulse parameters
Genesis of pulse qualities
Other systems of pulse diagnosis