Disussion on the two-pulse diagnosis in the Huang Di Nei Jing based on meridian theory
Pulse diagnosis is a very characteristic of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)diagnosis method,the main pulse diagnosis method used in the Huang Di Nei Jing is the general diagnosis method and the inch-mouth pulse method,and the formation of pulse diagnosis is deeply influenced by the meridian theory.In the development of meridian theory,two meridian modes were formed,namely qi and blood meridians and viscera meridians,which became the basis for the general diagnosis method and the cunkou pulse method respectively.Physicians in the past generations mostly focused on the inch-mouth pulse method,and ignored the general diagnosis method that once coexisted with the inch-mouth pulse method,which limited the meaning of pulse diagnosis.The concept of meridians and meridians comes from water,and the word"meridians"comes from diagnosing meridians,and two different meridian patterns appeared before and after the development of meridian theory,namely qi and blood meridians and viscera meridians.The general diagnosis method based on the qi and blood meridians was the symptoms of the twelve meridians,and the inch-mouth pulse method based on the viscera meridians was the symptoms of the viscera diseases.
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