feel pulse to diagnose; take pulse
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to feel the pulse (as a diagnostic method in Traditional Chinese Medicine)
Specifically refers to the traditional Chinese medical practice of diagnosing conditions by feeling the radial artery at the wrist. This is a fundamental skill in TCM.
Zhōng中
yī医
tōng通
guò过
zhěn诊
mài脉
lái来
pàn判
duàn断
bìng病
rén人
de的
tǐ体
zhì质
。
Traditional Chinese medicine doctors diagnose a patient's constitution by feeling the pulse.
Lǎo老
yī医
shēng生
qīng轻
qīng轻
àn按
zhe着
bìng病
rén人
de的
shǒu手
wàn腕
zhěn诊
mài脉
。
The elderly doctor gently pressed on the patient's wrist to take the pulse.
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Zhěn诊
mài脉
shì是
Zhōng中
yī医
zhěn诊
duàn断
jí疾
bìng病
de的
zhòng重
yào要
fāng方
fǎ法
zhī之
yī一
。
Feeling the pulse is one of the important methods for diagnosing diseases in Traditional Chinese Medicine.