Clarifying some theoretical and practical concepts of pulse feeling method / Монголын Анагаах Ухаан

ABSTRACT

IntroductionPossessing thorough pulse feeling skill, the main diagnostic method of traditional medicine, makesa direct impact to treatment results. Unfortunately, there has not been much research done ondetermining the scientific nature of the pulse feeling diagnostic method in Mongolia. Therefore, thetopic was selected in order to clarify some issues of history and theory of the pulse feeling method andto prove the method with practical application.Goal and objectivesThe goal of the research is determining some theoretical issues of traditional medical diagnosticmethod, pulse feeling and proving the effectiveness of the method to determine pregnancy and genderof fetus by practical use. The following objectives are defined1. Conduct research regarding the theoretical concept of pulse feeling and compare it with thesources in Eastern and Western books, literary works and scriptures;2. Determining pregnancies and feeling the pulses of pregnant women admitted to maternityhospital to identify the gender of fetusMaterials and Мethods50 women admitted to “City Palace of Maternity” hospital and 50 mothers who were hospitalized atpre-natal and post-natal division participated in the study.Used following methods:1. Comparison method2. Pulse feeling method for determining gender of a baby and pregnancyResultsWhen feeling the pulse, the index finger is pressed lightly to feel the skin, the middle finger is pressedwith medium pressure to feel the muscle tissue and the ring finger is pressed hard to feel the boneof the doctor is pressed lightly in order to distinguish the twisted blood flow changes overcoming theresistance of sequential pressure. We also identified that the pulse feeling is based on the natureand connection of the wind and blood and their actions in regard to traditional medicine, whereasby modern medical theory; it is based on functioning factors of vascular muscle layers, pulse rate,pressure to vascular wall and condition of vascular wall as well as thickness and thinness of bloodflow.In addition to the method being effective when detecting pregnancy and gender of fetus of patients atthe maternity hospital, it is definite that it can be basis of identifying the characteristic of pulse of warmand cold diseases.