10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPHYGMOLOGY»
Discover the use of
sphygmology in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
sphygmology and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Medical Literature from India, Sri Lanka, and Tibet
R.E. Emmerick Some remarks on Tibetan sphygmology As is well known,
sphygmology plays no role in classical Indian medicine. Thus there is no entry at
all concerning the pulse in the index to L. Hilgenberg and W. Kirfel, Vdgbhata's ...
Gerrit Jan Meulenbeld, I. Julia Leslie, 1991
2
A General Introduction to Traditional Chinese Medicine
The famous physician Wang Shuhe of the Jin dynasty composed the first
monograph on sphygmology in the world, The Pulse Classic,16 which elaborated
the methods of pulse differentiation and classified pulse conditions into twenty-
four ...
Men Jiuzhang, Guo Lei, 2009
3
History and Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine
sphygmology in the world, and had a great effect on sphygmology. It was almost
based on Mai Jing (Pulse Classic) that all the later sphygmologies developed.
Wang Shuhe, also called Wang Xi . lived circa the third century A. D. , and was ...
Zhen'guo Wang, Peiping Xie, 1999
4
Preventive Therapy in Complimentary Medicine
Pulsology and Sphygmology Muslim physicians were pioneers in pulsology and
sphygmology. In ancient times, Galen as well as Chinese physicians erroneously
believed that there was a unique type of pulse for every organ of the body and ...
Lumumba Umunna Ubani, 2011
Pulsology and sphygmology Muslim physicians were pioneers in pulsology and
sphygmology. In ancient times, Galen as well as Chinese physicians erroneously
believed that there was a unique type of pulse for every organ of the body and ...
6
Innovation in Chinese Medicine
as sphygmology, therapeutic methods, and acupuncture, but also the system of
the five circulatory phases and the six influences.2 The system of the five
circulatory phases and the six influences (wuyun lint/i) The system of the five
circulatory ...
7
The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs, Second Edition
In addition to his medical practice, he wrote several books on diagnosis and
sphygmology, such as the 9- volume Pin Choi Nai Chien (jfg]%jb&%$[) and the
12- volume of Wai Chien (4f £^). In his books, he denounced the beliefs and
practices ...
The most notable of them all must be Li Shi-zhen 李時珍(1518–1593), also
known as Pinhu 瀕湖, who raised the status of pulse- taking to a speciality—
sphygmology (maixue 脉學, as in his Pinhu maixue 瀕湖脉學). He is better known
for his ...
9
Pulse Diagnosis: A Clinical Guide
biomedicine. The procedure of pulse palpation is termed sphygmology, literally
meaning 'the study of the pulse'. The term sphygmos derives from Greek meaning
literally a pulse or throb. In contemporary biomedical practice the pulse is used ...
Sean Walsh, Emma King, 2007
10
Herophilus: The Art of Medicine in Early Alexandria: ...
4 especially of redundancies in Zeno's definition of the pulse, are justified. A
relatively orthodox Herophilean in essential tenets of his sphygmology - the pulse
, Zeno said, is an activity of 'the arterial parts', a mixture of contraction and
distention ...
Heinrich von Staden, 1989
