Can TCM pulse reading reveal systemic diseases?

Chinese medicine pulse is possible to see the whole body disease. Chinese medicine believes that the human body is an organic whole, the human body skin, flesh, sinews, bones, veins, meridians and internal organs are closely related to the internal organs, and internal organs as the center to the meridians and connections, the external signs and internal organs have a close relationship with the function of the body, and thus local diseases can affect the whole body, the internal organs can be affected by the disease from the color and shape and the five senses, limbs, the surface of the body and so on reflected in all aspects. Pulse is the pulse diagnosis of Chinese medicine, professional Chinese medicine practitioners can sense the frequency, intensity and shape of the arterial pulsation through pulse diagnosis to determine the patient’s yin and yang, strength and weakness, heat and cold, qi and blood running situation. However, TCM practitioners emphasize on the four diagnostics (observation, smelling, questioning and cutting), pulse diagnosis is only a part of the cutting diagnosis, not only relying on the pulse, but also need to be combined with the observation, smelling and questioning to understand the patient’s tongue, symptoms, signs and so on, in order to determine the overall health of the patient. Chinese medicine pulse is possible to find physical abnormalities, but need to be through the regular Chinese medicine practitioner pulse, later targeted examination, clear location of the lesions after treatment.