Chinese medicine is completely different. It doesn't need any medical equipment, only one person's eyes. So Chinese medicine is an art, what does technology depend on? Technology depends on the development of science. What does art depend on? Art depends on people's understanding. Take the pulse condition as an example. There are more than 20 kinds of pulse conditions, such as floating, sinking, late, counting and wet. What is a floating pulse and what is a sinking pulse depends on the doctor's own understanding. People with high understanding have good understanding, while people with low understanding have poor understanding. Sometimes, it is obviously a floating pulse, and people with low understanding will mistake it for a late pulse or a pulse counting. Neijing says that spring floats like a fish swimming in Apollo. In spring, people's pulse should be flexible, just like fish floating on the water in spring. You see, it's so poetic, but these can only be understood, not expressed. Unlike western medicine, Chinese medicine doesn't need you to know what cholesterol is. Chinese medicine can't move without knowing it.
The pulse condition of a normal person is twice in one breath, twice in one breath, and once between exhalation and inhalation, that is to say, five times in one breath. Generally speaking, the actual situation is much more complicated, just like music. Although there are only 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 notes, it can change a wonderful music world. There are more than twenty kinds of people's pulse conditions, and the pulse conditions in the four seasons are different, such as spring string, summer flood, autumn hair and winter stone. Spring string means that the pulse is calm and soft, with string image; Xia Hong means that the pulse condition is calm and soft, and there is also flooding; Autumn hair is a gentle and frivolous pulse; Winter stone is a calm and soft pulse with a heavy image. The string is a bowstring, and the string looks like a bowstring when the pulse beats; A flood is a flood, and the flood image means that when your pulse is beating, you should feel like a flood. Hair is a feather, autumn hair is the pulse, and there is a feeling of feathers fluttering; The image of sinking is the sinking of the stone, and the stone in winter is the beating of the pulse.
Man is a part of nature, and his pulse condition will change with the change of climate in four seasons. Although the yang is rising in spring, the cold is not completely removed, and the qi is restrained, so the pulse is a little string, which also shows that the vitality in the body tends to accumulate after storage in winter. In summer, the yang is strong, and the pulse is strong and castrated, so the pulse is slightly broad; In autumn, the yang is about to converge, and the pulse condition is reduced, as light as hair, so the pulse is slightly floating; In winter, the yang is hidden, the pulse is heavy, and the fingers are beating. Therefore, if your pulse condition is reversed in four seasons, you should go to the hospital for a good check-up. Don't think that the doctor can easily feel his pulse. Like an artist, ten minutes on stage and ten years off stage. Everyone can play the piano and feel the pulse, but the level is very different. The same tune, you play one flavor, and the pianist plays another flavor. For the same patient, if you feel the pulse like this, but let Bian Que and Zhang Zhongjing feel the pulse, their explanations may be completely different. The key is two words ... smart.
In Neijing, it is said that the husband is calm and his pulse is as heavy as a string of beads. If it is attached, it is said that the summer is calm and the stomach is the foundation. The pulse of the sick heart is connected with asthma, and it is slightly curved, which is called heart disease. The normal pulse of the heart is like rolling beads, smooth and smooth, like touching a warm jade; If the number of pulse diseases is connected, such as shortness of breath and crooked image, it means that there is a heart disease. The pulse in the lungs is light, like elm leaves falling. If the pulse doesn't come up, it's like pressing a chicken feather all over the floor, indicating that there is a disease in the lungs. The pulse of the liver is as soft, elastic and long as the feeling of holding the end of a long bamboo pole; If the pulse is full and smooth, it is like touching the end of a long bamboo pole, indicating that there is a disease in the liver. The pulse of the spleen is calm, gentle and even, just like a chicken stepping on the ground; If the pulse is solid, full and rapid, as fast as chicken feet, it means that there is a disease in the spleen. The pulse of the kidney should be smooth and smooth, with a curved image, and there is a real feeling when taking the pulse; If the pulse is hard, like kudzu vine, it means that there is a disease in the kidney. What is smooth, calm, gentle and fast ... it all depends on people's understanding.
In traditional Chinese medicine, the left hand is the heart, liver and kidney; The right hand inch is the lung, spleen and life gate. Everything in the human body is gathered in two hands. Chinese medicine feels the pulse just like a musician listening to music. When Mozart was five years old, he could accurately distinguish monosyllables, disyllables and chords played by any instrument. He didn't rely on technology, but on talent. Chinese medicine also needs talent and understanding. Spring string, summer flood, autumn hair, winter stone and pulse beat all need savvy people to understand slowly. A person without musical ears can't appreciate music, and a person without understanding must not know the patient's pulse. Learning music should have musical cells, and learning Chinese medicine should have Chinese medicine cells. Chinese medicine is the most refined and subtle way. So there have been few famous doctors for thousands of years. Bian Que, Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing are as rare as Mozart and Chopin.