Chinese Pulse Diagnosis

Author: Huang Youli
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Publication Date: 2002-02-01
Features: This book is a comprehensive and systematic study based on previous research, covering the history of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) observation diagnosis, its theoretical foundations, clinical experience, and other related issues. Its main contributions include the following aspects:
1. Based on a systematic examination of the development of TCM observation diagnosis, it outlines the overall history of TCM observation diagnosis and the development processes of several major local diagnostic methods, such as ear diagnosis, tongue diagnosis, and eye diagnosis.
2. It discovers that TCM observation diagnosis has always been guided by a certain idea: the five organs correspond to the five viscera; local regions correspond to internal organs; and local regions correspond to the whole body. We call this idea "the ordered mapping of organ diseases on the body surface." This concept holds that organ diseases are regularly mapped onto specific areas of the body, and this mapping is hierarchical. Each organ disease can be mapped to multiple areas (regions), and the sensitivity and manifestations may vary in different areas (regions).
3. Through research, it is concluded that Ge Hong is the earliest advocate of sublingual collaterals diagnosis; it also highlights the significance of Ge Hong's use of urine tests as an auxiliary diagnostic method in observation diagnosis.
4. It examines the origin of the pulse diagnosis method on the index fingers of children, finding it plausible that this method originated in the Tang Dynasty.
5. It points out Zhou Xuehai's major contributions in the "distribution of facial meridians and limbs," specifically that he was the first to divide the face into nine vertical regions and map the body's internal organs and limbs onto corresponding areas, creating a relatively fixed "facial meridian and limb distribution map" in diagram form.
6. Building on Zhou Xuehai's research, it is the first to create the "facial meridian and limb mapping diagram."
7. It clinically validates the observations of previous ear diagnosis experiences and discovers that the earlobes exhibit a left-right crossover phenomenon when reflecting pathological information of certain organs.
8. It summarizes the four major characteristics of positive ear point reactions.
9. It uncovers historical records by Mr. Cao Bingzhang on the earliest use of the tongue's shape and color to diagnose human constitution, leading to the proposal of the concept of "morphological temperamentology."
10. It analyzes and examines the publication dates of several earlier ancient texts involved in ancient discussions about the "Five Whorls Theory," concluding that the term "Five Whorls" first appears in the Dragon Tree Eye Theory.
11. It argues that the theory of the "Eight Quadrants" involved two entirely different methods of assigning positions to the viscera, which we call the "contour overlap position assignment method" and the "eight-direction position assignment method."
12. It elaborates on the traditional cultural and medical theoretical foundations that shaped and developed TCM observation diagnosis, summarizing the main forms of the ordered mapping of organ diseases on the body surface.
This book is a pioneering monograph on TCM theory. It conducts a comprehensive study of the history of TCM observation diagnosis, its theoretical foundations, and clinical experience. The content covers the guiding principles of observation diagnosis, as well as tongue diagnosis, ear diagnosis, and pediatric index finger therapy.