Men's Pulse

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Hello,

 

I understand that a healthy/normal man's pulse is going to feel

stronger than a woman's pulse. I was wondering if that strength should

be felt stronger in all positions or just on the patient's left or

right cun/guar/chi point.

 

Thanks!

[Guest guest]

On Feb 2, 2008 10:17 PM, applesnpapaya <applesnpapaya wrote:

 

> Hello,

>

> I understand that a healthy/normal man's pulse is going to feel

> stronger than a woman's pulse. I was wondering if that strength should

> be felt stronger in all positions or just on the patient's left or

> right cun/guar/chi point.

>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The pulse that is stronger (as a general rule) in the male applies to the

big picture, not specifically one position or side over another. This is

really just like " men as a rule are taller " or heavier, etc. Its the entire

body, not just one position of the pulse.

 

This really brings up a good point in regards to diagnostic observations.

All of these things need to be kept in context. When I have a patient, the

first thing that I do is assess one's constitution before applying weight or

importance to any one diagnostic finding.

 

For instance, a patient who often feels cold, we'd probably think about

Kidney yang deficiency. But if that patient is very thin and simply doesn't

have the body fat that others have, this may not really be Kidney yang

deficiency, but simply a constitutional reality of being more sensitive to

cold because they're not wearing a coat beneath the skin (fat content).

 

However, if that same person is also getting up a bunch of times per night

to urinate, has chronic low back pain, loss of libido, dark circles beneath

the eyes, etc. then I might say that this individual does have a Kidney yang

deficiency.

 

A woman with a delicate (deficient) constitution may have a pulse that is

thin and possibly weak. This is not as big of a deal as in a man with a

hearty (excess) constitution who's pulse is thin and weak.

 

So, you always gotta compare the pulse findings to constitutional

expectations too...

 

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, DAOM

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