Pulse diagnosis is one of the four major assessments in TCM (traditional Oriental medicine) consultation. Through pulse palpation at three locations, i.e. cun, guan and chi, on both wrists, general health condition of a person and a particular organ can be fully recognized. The patient stretches out her wrists or lays them on a small cushion on the table. The doctor will use three fingers to take the patient's pulse at three positions on each wrist, using first gentle then stronger pressure to feel in depth. 

Pulse diagnosis

Pulse diagnosis is based on another microsystem with internal organs represented on the wrists. Once the Chinese doctor has questioned the patient and looked at the tongue, it is time for pulse diagnosis. The patient stretches out his wrists or lays them on a small oblong rice cushion on the table. The physician will use three fingers to take the patient's pulse at three positions on each wrist simultaneously, and will judge the pulse according to 28 variables (see Fig.. He will first use only light pressure against the patient's wrist, then increase it. The light pressure allows the doctor to check one specific organ, the increased pressure another one. Every organ's status can be monitored by the quality of the pulse.

The physician can, among other things, feel if the organ lacks energy, or the energy has stagnated, if there is a lack of ‘blood', or if a pathogenic factor has invaded the organ.

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