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t first glance practitioners may not see the importance or relevance of diagnosing pain, a subjec... more t first glance practitioners may not see the importance or relevance of diagnosing pain, a subjective sensation of one's patient, from reading the pulse as patients tend to report any experience of pain to their practitioner. This article, however, will address pain from multiple approaches and organ systems and demonstrate the value of perceiving the imbalances that lead to, contribute to, and reflect the manifestation of pain directly from the pulse at the radial artery using Contemporary Chinese Pulse Diagnosis (CCPD). Utilizing a diagnostic tool as sensitive as CCPD, one is not limited to the two common explanations of pain, i.e. Qi and/or blood stagnation, and bi obstruction syndrome. While we can indeed diagnose these from the pulse, using the 28 pulse positions and 80 qualities from CCPD, as well as some unique concepts from Contemporary Oriental Medicine ® (COM), we can broaden our concepts to include the pulse diagnostic categories for pain as described below.
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n Traditional Chinese Medicine we learn the theories of yin and yang and the relationships betwee... more n Traditional Chinese Medicine we learn the theories of yin and yang and the relationships between the two: (1) opposition: that all things have two aspects; (2) interdependence: yin and yang create each other; (3) mutual consumption: yin and yang control each other; (4) inter-transformation: yin and yang transform into each other. These relationships can arise in health and in illness when Yin and Yang have been left in an unbalanced state for a period of time. However, when the balance is impaired for a long enough time another possibility occurs: the loss of relationship between Yin and Yang, and their separation. It is this process and stage that is often poorly understood. Many assume that once this happens, death is the inevitable result. Contemporary Oriental Medicine® (COM) and Contemporary Chinese Pulse Diagnosis (CCPD) are used to diagnose this 'separation' in its many varied stages from mild to moderate to severe and can intervene accordingly to reestablish the re...
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t first glance practitioners may not see the importance or relevance of diagnosing pain, a subjec... more t first glance practitioners may not see the importance or relevance of diagnosing pain, a subjective sensation of one's patient, from reading the pulse as patients tend to report any experience of pain to their practitioner. This article, however, will address pain from multiple approaches and organ systems and demonstrate the value of perceiving the imbalances that lead to, contribute to, and reflect the manifestation of pain directly from the pulse at the radial artery using Contemporary Chinese Pulse Diagnosis (CCPD). Utilizing a diagnostic tool as sensitive as CCPD, one is not limited to the two common explanations of pain, i.e. Qi and/or blood stagnation, and bi obstruction syndrome. While we can indeed diagnose these from the pulse, using the 28 pulse positions and 80 qualities from CCPD, as well as some unique concepts from Contemporary Oriental Medicine ® (COM), we can broaden our concepts to include the pulse diagnostic categories for pain as described below.
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n the previous article, the concept of the ‘separation of Yin and Yang’ was described in its vari... more n the previous article, the concept of the ‘separation of Yin and Yang’ was described in its varied forms. While this term has historically been employed to describe the ultimate separation of Yin and Yang that occurs at death, it is also possible to perceive the subtler manifestations of this process even in incipient stages. It is important to note these are long-term problems. As we shall see, having an understanding of the aetiology of the condition is vitally important.
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