The Pulse Classic (《脈經(jīng)》)
Mai Jing (The Pulse Classic) |
Based on the The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon (Pinyin: Huangdi Neijing), The Huang Emperor's Canon of 81 Difficult Issues (Pinyin: Nan Jing) and the views of Zhang Zhongjing and Hua Tuo, the book collected the important material and reference on the pulse diagnosis methods, pathological mechanism reflected by the pulses and the significance of pulse diagnosis before the Jin Dynasty.
For the first time in the history, the book categorized all the pulse conditions into 24 types and described each in detail.