In this book, Bob Flaws, a world-renowned Western teacher and practitioner of TCM, explains why Western students and practitioners often have difficulty reading the pulse. He then reveals the secret of mastering the subtle art of Chinese pulse diagnosis, offering a way for anyone who applies this method in clinical practice to feel all 27 or 28 classical pulses.
Table of Contents:
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
1 Introduction
2 The Divisions of the Pulse at the Inch Opening & Their Correspondences
3 Feeling the Pulse images
4 The Technique of Examining the Pulse
5 Interpreting the Pulse
6 The Indications of the Main Pulse Images
7 Pattern Discrimination & The Pulse Images
8 Pulse Images & The Three Positions
9 The Pulse in Gynecology
10 Traditional Pulse Lore Contained in Mnemonic Verse
11 The Rhymed Formula of the Heart Methods of the Pulse
12 Unusual Pulse Images
13 Reading the Cubit Positions
14 Yin Fire & The Pulse
Bibliography
Index