Two thousand years ago, who was the first medical scientist in China to diagnose diseases by "pulse-taking"?

Pulse diagnosis has a long history. Sima Qian recorded the contents of doctors' pulse diagnosis and treatment in Historical Records, and the "pulse diagnosis method" has been included in 1973 bamboo slips and silk books unearthed from Mawangdui Han Tomb in Changsha, Hunan. The first monograph of pulse science in China, Pulse Classic, was produced in Jin Dynasty, and the method and theory of pulse diagnosis are quite complete.

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Bian Que is good at using four diagnostic methods, especially pulse and observation, to diagnose diseases. Biography of Historical Records of Cang Gong recorded two medical records related to him: one was to diagnose Zhao Zijian's disease by pulse diagnosis, and the other was to diagnose Qi Huanhou's disease by inquiry.

Bian Que comprehensively applied the four diagnostic principles of China's diagnosis-looking, listening, asking and feeling. He said to himself, "The more upright a person is, the more he can feel the pulse, look at the color, listen to the sound, write the shape and identify where the disease is." This fully shows that Bian Que used the four diagnostic methods in clinic.

It can be said that Bian Que laid the foundation of traditional medical diagnostics in China. No wonder Sima Qian praised him and said, "Bian Que speaks medicine, and he abides by the right things. Keeping the number of wisdom, future generations will repair (obey) the order, which is easy to change. "

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