What Nei Jing and Mai Jing say about arterial pulse waves and our attempt to illustrate some of their statements.
A rich group of fluid mechanical problems are suggested in the classical Chinese books Nei Jing and Mai Jing. In this article the methods of pulse wave palpation described in these books are briefly explained, and an attempt to understand some of their statements is presented.
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Department of AMES-Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093.
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D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D011673:Pulsatile Flow; D011674:Pulse; D012016:Reference Values; D012039:Regional Blood Flow