Shen & Hammer pulse names

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At 8:59 PM -0600 1/13/02, Alon Marcus

wrote:

James Ramholz wrote:

The terms were

not

problematic and could be easily understood in relation to the

actual

examination of the pulses.

>>>I

agree many of shens names are more descriptive than any

" traditional " source I have ever read or learned

from

Alon

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Before this takes on a life of its own, I should point out that

Dr Shen used traditional pulse names in Chinese for the pulse

qualities - the same ones that are found in most Chinese medicine

texts.

 

You will also find that, in his book, Leon Hammer has cited

traditional sources for many of the pulse qualities he describes.

These source were the available English language translations.

 

Therefore, any perceived improvements in terminology in the

teachings and writing by Leon Hammer are relative to the English, not

the Chinese, terminology.

 

Rory

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