pulse rate and the theory of relativity

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I'm wondering if the ancients used respiration as a parameter for pulse rate

in the same way that proportional body measurement is used for cun

measurement.

 

Isn't saying x bpm is a " rapid pulse " putting everyone into the same

uniform?

 

I'm a firm believer in constitutional medicine

(Ayurvedic tridosha, Korean sasang, five phasic, four humors, Tibetan 3

biles etc.)

which would declare that not all of us are created in the same proportions,

although we are made with the same aggregates.

 

For someone who naturally has a pulse rate of 60 bpm,

wouldn't 78 bpm for them during a wind-warmth invasion be considered a rapid

pulse?

 

For someone who constitutionally has a pulse rate of 80 bpm,

wouldn't 70 bpm after over-working for months be considered a slow pulse?

 

Doesn't the pulse slow down in winter and speed up in summer?

 

I agree with Michael when he talks about holding the space for subjectivity

and intuition;

especially with pulse taking.

 

Shudo Denmei writes that we should use the practitioner's breath

with the patient's pulse rate as a comparison.

I see this as another way for the practitioner to create a relationship with

the patient,

instead of purely objectifying the " other " .

What does it say in the Mai Jing?

 

Medicine is a dragon with a thousand wings

a tree with a hundred branches

but the classics and dao

....are these to be argued with?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

--

aka Mu bong Lim

Father of Bhakti

 

The Four Reliances:

Do not rely upon the individual, but rely upon the teaching.

As far as teachings go, do not rely upon the words alone, but rely upon the

meaning that underlies them.

Regarding the meaning, do not rely upon the provisional meaning alone, but

rely upon the definitive meaning.

And regarding the definitive meaning, do not rely upon ordinary

consciousness, but rely upon wisdom awareness.