The Wonders Of Chinese Pulse Diagnosis

are completely ordinary and what is felt on the patient’s pulse is merely common sense knowledge that is accessible to anyone. The idea here is that the patient’s entire life story is just sitting there waiting to be acknowledged; it is simply a matter of keeping the senses open to all of the information being presented, whether it is of a physical or emotional nature. As with many alternative forms of healing, the ordinary nature of the method or plant being utilized is what makes it so magical. The incredibly rich tradition of Chinese pulse diagnosis is, unfortunately, dying because more practitioners are relying upon technological devices for their diagnostic information. The simple act of feeling another person’s pulse may not seem ‘objective’ or ‘mechanistic’ enough for many of us in the modern world. In my experience, however, it is this very ordinary level of contact with another person that so often marks the difference between genuine healing and palliative care.

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