An Objective Consideration of the Correspondence between Pulse Diagnosis and a Quadridemarcation of the Body / 全日本鍼灸学会雑誌

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION<br>The basic concept of oriental medicine is that of the dual phenomenon of Nature and living beings, a concept which has been rendered relative via philosophy. In particular, the fundamental idea, viewed dualistically, is that for ane one phenomenon there are two relative aspects, that of YIN and YANG.<br>METHODS<br>This time we used anatomical positions left is yang and right is yin, upper is yang and lower is yin. We took the view that there is an analogy between the above and what Kentaro Takagi proved, namely pressure <i>vis a vis</i> the semi lateral sweating reflex. Between June 1976 and September 1979, using the six fixed position type pulse diagnosis we examined 1400 patients coming to the research lab (male, 744. female, 655). We also used the Motoyama type machine for meridian/organ function measurement, from which we obtained the electrical resistance value of well points (sei ketsu). Then we quadridemarcated the body into left and right together with hands and feet.<br>RESULTS<br>By comparing the 1400 cases and separating male/female for each diagnostic group, we classified these into quadridemarcation charts and observed the patterns. We came up with;<br>1) It was proved that a quadridemarcarcation pattern exists.<br>2) A left/right resistance and a lower/upper resistance was proved.<br>3) No difference was noted in any difference between male and female as cited in the classics.<br>4) Changes in the pulse <i>vis a vis</i> diagnosed patterns were noted.<br>5) The difference of each diagnosed group as well as the correspondence between pulse diagnosis and quadridemarcation of the body was proved. From the above results we would like to report that the basic yin yang concept of oriental medicine is of great importance as noted in the classics.