Qi Bo continued, “When the pulses of the bladder and small intestine are racing, the blood has congealed and formed a tumor. When the spleen and lung pulses are racing, a cold pathogen has accumulated and stagnated to cause hernia. When the heart and kidney pulses are racing, syncope is likely. When the stomach and large intestine pulses are large and rushing, this indicates that the patient has been startled. When the spleen pulse is deep, followed by a tendency to bulge outward, the condition is dysentery. The patient will gradually recover. When the liver pulse is small and slow, the indication is also dysentery. This is still relatively simple to treat. When the kidney pulse is small and deep in a dysentery condition, with blood in the stools, heat in the blood, and fever, the prognosis is poor. For a dysentery condition with blood in the feces caused by compound liver and heart dysfunction, the prognosis should be favorable. In the same condition, if the pulse is small, deep, and choppy, along with high fever, the prognosis is very bad. If the fever continues for seven consecutive days, the patient will die. When the stomach pulse is deep and choppy, or when it is floating and large, and the heart pulse is simultaneously small, rapid, and hard, the indication is that the qi and blood are stagnant and cannot pass through the diaphragm. This will result in hemiplegia. A man will be affected on the left side, a woman on the right side. If the speech is not affected, the condition is curable. Recovery will occur in about thirty days. If a man is affected on the right side, or a woman on the left, and in addition there is dysphasia, recovery will not occur for three years. If the patient is under twenty years of age, death will occur within three years. In cases of bleeding and epistaxis, when the pulse is large and there is fever, there is danger of death. If the pulse is floating and hollow, there is probably bleeding or a loss of blood.” Huang Di Nei Jing: Chapter 48: Extraordinary Illness (Many thanks to Maoshing Ni for his translation, elucidation, explanation! Please help support their work!)
Posted on: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 00:30:43 +0000
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