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Item No: BK09080
Title: Secrets of Chinese Pulse Diagnosis
Author: Bob Flaws
Publisher: Blue Poppy Press, April 1997
Language: English, Hardcover, 155 pages:9.5"H x 6.5"W x 0.75"D; 1.05 lbs.
ISBN: 0936185678
Includes: Index ~ Bibliography ~ Footnotes ~ Appendix ~ Photographs
The ability to read the pulse is what distinguishes the Chinese doctor from the folk healer and it is one of the most difficult skills for practitioners of acupuncture and Oriental medicine to master. However, it¡¯s not an impossible skill to learn. Basically, there¡¯s a trick to pulse reading¡ªa trick no one else ever mentions or teaches, one that Bob will teach you. It has helped him become a better practitioner, and it¡¯ll help you, too.
This course covers:
The characteristics of the normal pulse
The four basic pulse images
Precise descriptions of the 28 disease pulses
The meanings and mechanisms of the 28 disease pulses
The role of pulse examination in Chinese medical pattern discrimination
The corroboration of signs and symptoms, tongue and pulse
The obstacles to mastering Chinese pulse diagnosis¡ªand the secret to overcoming them
Why Western patients typically do not display Chinese textbook pulse images
Advanced Chinese medical theories and their impact on pulse diagnosis
How to interpret complex pulse combinations
How to develop eyes in your fingertips
Which disease mechanisms are easily indicated by pulse and which are not
How to determine what a given pulse image means for your real-life Western patients Plus: a copy of Bob Flaws¡¯ book, The Secret of Chinese Pulse Diagnosis
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