[Pulse wave: the bridge connecting traditional Chinese medicine with Western medicine].
Pulse wave, a research focus in both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine, which contains a wealth of human physiological and pathological information, has always been the concern of medical practitioners. On the basis of the review on the development of the pulse wave theory and its applications, the existing problems in this field are discussed in this paper. On the basis of the status quo of pulse wave information extraction methods and the utilization of pulse wave in traditional Chinese and Western medicine, a more in-depth study on pulse wave is proposed to make it a bridge connecting traditional Chinese medicine with Western medicine.
Song
Xiang-He
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School of Traditioal Chinese Pharmacy, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100102, China.
Wang
Yun
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D002681:China; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D006801:Humans; D055048:Integrative Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000379:methods*; D011673:Pulsatile Flow / Q000502:physiology; D011674:Pulse; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000502:physiology; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D019366:Western World