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- Title
On Contradictions Between Chinese and Tibetan Pulse Diagnosis.
- Authors
Shinnick, Phillip
- Abstract
The author offers information on Chinese methods of pulse diagnosis using finger placement method on radial artery and compares it with the Tibetan methods of pulse diagnosis. He discusses their evolution and contradictions between the two methods, and presents a brief historical analysis. He also discusses the finger placement positions, and Chinese left and right wrists. and suggests that climatic differences and historical changes might have affected Chinese and Tibetan methods.
- Subjects
TIBET (China); PULSE diagnosis; RADIAL artery; ALTERNATIVE medicine; BLOOD pressure; CHINESE medicine; PULSE (Heart beat); TEMPERATURE; TRADITIONAL medicine; PHYSIOLOGY; HISTORY
- Publication
Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine, 2012, Vol 18, Issue 10, p889
- ISSN
1075-5535
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1089/acm.2012.1501