The Mai Jing or Pulse Classic was written in the late Han dynasty by Wang Shu-he. It is the first book in the Chinese medical literature entirely devoted to pulse diagnosis. As such, it is the undeniable and necessary foundation text for anyone seriously interested in understanding the rationale for and method of reading the pulse in Chinese medicine. Although not an easy read, this book is a mine of valuable information for those wishing to go more deeply into a study of the pulse.
Table of Contents:
Translator’s Foreword
Foreword by Gao Bao-heng et al.
Preface to the Pulse Classic by Wang Shu-he
Book One
1 The Secrets of the Shapes & Images of the Pulses
2 Choosing Between Morning & Evening in Examining the Pulse
3 The Delineation of the Boundaries Between the three Passes
4 Discriminating Yin & Yang of the Chi Cun
5 The Method of Favorable & Unfavorable Indications
6 The Application of Light & Heavy Pressure
7 Yin & Yang and Favorable & Unfavorable Conditions of the Five Viscera
8 The Great Method of Distinguishing Visceral & Bowel Diseases
9 The Great Method of Distinguishing Yin & Yang Pulses
10 A Discussion of Vacuity & Repletion
11 Sequentila & Rebellious, Counter & Natural, Latent & Hidden Pulses
12 Discrimination of the Miscellaneous Pulses of Catastrophic Oddness
13 The Method of Discriminating the Miscellaneous Slow, Rapid, Long & Short Pulses
14 A Discussion of How Disease Arises in Normal Persons
15 Determining Through the Pulse If a Disease is About is About to Be Cured
Book Two
1 A Discussion of the 24 Qi of the Yin & Yang Pulse in the Three Passes
2 A Discussion of the Ren Ying, Spirit Gate & Qi Opening Pulses
3 A Discussion of the Diseases Reflected by the Three Passes
4 A Discussion of the Pulses of the Eight Extraordinary Vessels
Book Three
1 The Section on the Liver & Gallbladder
2 The Section on the Heart & Small Intestine
3 The Section on the Spleen & Stomach
4 The Section on the Lungs & Large Intestine
5 The Section on the Kidneys & Urinary Bladder
Book Four
1. Discriminating the Three Positions & the Nine Indicators
2 A Discussion of the Pulses of Miscellaneous Diseases
3 Examination of the Signs & Symptoms of Expiry of the Qi of the Five Viscera & Six Bowels
4 Examination of the Pulse Signs Counter to the Four Seasons
5 Examination of the Damaged & Augmented Pulses
6 Prognosis of the Year, Month & Day of Death Through Examination of the Ratio of Beats
7 Prognosis of Life & Death in the Hundreds of Diseases
8 Prognosis of Life & Death in Terms of Vacuous & Replete Pulses in the Three Positions
Book Five
1 Zhang Zhong-jing’s Treatise on the Pulse
2 Bian Que’s Method of the Yin & Yang of the Pulse
3 Bian Que’s Pulse Method
4 The Essentials of Bian Que’s & Hua Tuo’s Examination of Voice & Complexion
5 The Essentials of Bian Que’s Approach to the Various Incongruous Pulses
Book Six
1 Disease Patterns of the Liver & Foot Jue Yin Cannel
2 Disease Patterns of the Gallbladder & Foot Shao Yang Channel
3 Disease Patterns of the Heart & Hand Shao Yin Channel
4 Disease Patterns of the Small Intestine & Hand Tai Yang Channel
5 Disease Patterns of the Spleen & Foot Tai Yin Channel
6 Disease Patterns of the Stomach & Foot Yang Ming Channel
7 Disease Patterns of the Lungs & Hand Tai Yin Channel
8 Disease Patterns of the Large Intestine & Hand Yang Ming Channel
9 Disease Patterns of the Kidneys & Foot Shao Yin Channel
10 Disease Patterns of the Urinary Bladder & Foot Tai Yang Channel
11 Disease Patterns of the Triple Burner & Hand Shao Yang Channel
Book Seven
1 Diseases Not Allowing Diaphoresis
2 Diseases Allowing Diaphoresis
3 Post-diaphoresis Disease
4 Diseases Not Allowing Ejection
5 Diseases Allowing Ejection
6 Diseases Not Allowing Precipitations
7 Diseases That Indicate Precipitation
8 Diseases Following Disphoresis, Ejection & Precipitation
9 Diseases Allowing Warming
10 Diseases Not Allowing Moxibustion
11 Diseases Allowing Moxibustion
12 Diseases Not Allowing Needling
13 Diseases Allowing Needling
14 Diseases Not Allowing Water Therapy
15 Diseases Allowing Water Therapy
16 Diseases Not Allowing Fire Therapy
17 Diseases Allowing Fire Therapy
18 Signs of Life & Death in Relation to Febrile Diseases
19 Signs of Life & Death in Relation to Dual Repletion & Dual Vacuity
20 The Signs & Date of Life & Death in Relation to Febrile Disease
21 The 10 Unfavorable Death Patterns in Febrile Disease
22 The Signs & Date of Death in Febrile Disease with Expiry of the Qi of the Five Viscera
23 Prognosis of the Date of Death in Terms of Augmentation Pulse in Febrile Disease
24 Prognosis of the Date of Death in Terms of Damage Pulse in Febrile Disease
Book Eight
1 A Discussion of the Pulse & Signs of Sudden Death-like Inversion
2 A Discussion of the Pulse & Signs of Tetany, Dampness & Summer heat Stroke
3 A Discussion of the Pulse & Signs of Yang Toxins, Yin Toxins, Lily Disease & Fox Confusion
4 A Discussion of the Pulse & Signs of Sudden Turmoil & Cramps
5 A Discussion of the Pulse & Signs of Wind Stroke & Articular Wind
6 A Discussion of the Pulse & Signs of Wind Bi & Vacuity Taxation
7 A Discussion of the Pulse & Signs of Wasting Thirst & Strangury
8 A Discussion of the Pulse & Signs of Water Qi, Yellow Sweating & Qi Phase Disease
9 A Discussion of the Pulse & Signs of Jaundice, Cold & Heat & Malaria
10 A Discussion of the Pulse & Signs of Chest Bi, Heart Pain, Shortness of Breath & Running Piglet
11 A Discussion of the Pulse & Signs of Abdominal Fullness, Cold Shan & Food Retention
12 A Discussion of the Pulse & Signs of Accumulations & Gatherings
13 A Discussion of the Pulse & Signs of Fright Palpitations, Ejection of Blood, Nosebleed, Hemafecia, Chest Fullness & Blood Stasis
14 A Discussion of the Pulse & Signs of Retching, Vomiting, Dry Retching & Diarrhea
15 A Discussion of the Pulse & Signs of Lung Atony, Long Yong, Counterflow Cough, Qi Ascent & Phlegm Rheum
16 A Discussion of the Pulse & Signs of Yong Swelling, Intestinal Yong, Incised Wounds & Sapping Sores
Book Nine
1 A Discussion of the Signs of Pregnancy, Difference of the Sex of the Fetus & Various Diseases Occurring Before Birth
2 A Discussion of the Diseases of Stirring Fetus, Blood Aspect, Water Aspect, Vomiting, Diarrhea, & Abdominal Pain in Pregnancy
3 A Discussion on the Various Postpartum Diseases
4 A Discussion on the Dai Xia Diseases, Sterilization, Infertility, Blood Collapse & Respited Menses
5 A Discussion on Faintness & Dizziness, the Five Categories of Flooding & Leaking, Menstrual Block & Various Abdominal Diseases
6 A Discussion on the Diseases of a Sensation of Something Like Roasted Meat Stuck in the Throat, Susceptibility to Sorrow, Heat Penetrating the Blood Chamber & Abdominal Fullness
7 A Discussion of Cold in the Genitals, Shifted Bladder, Vaginal Flatulence, Genital Sores & Vaginal Protrusion
8 A Discussion on Life & Death Signs in Women’s Diseases
9 A Discussion of Miscellaneous Children’s Diseases
Book Ten
Hand Diagram of the Thirty-one Positions
Postscript to Wang’s Pulse Classic
General Index
Formula Index
