Chapter III
small intestine is the surface position. When you press down with your finger, you can read the condition of the heart. Your middle finger reads the condition of the gall bladder superficially. Pressing down will reveal the state of the liver. Your ring finger, farthest from the crease of the wrist, reads the bladder in the superficial position, and when you press down you can read the kidneys. b. Pulses on the Right Wrist When feeling the student’s right hand pulses (Fig. 3.9), your index finger, placed closest to the crease of the wrist, feels the large intestine superficially and the lung at the deeper position. Your middle finger reads the condition of the stomach at the surface position, and feels the spleen at the deeper position. Your ring finger can feel the condition of the Triple Warmer at the superficial position, and it feels the condition of the pericardium or heart controller in the deep position.
Small Intestine Gall Bladder Bladder
Left
Heart
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Superficial
Liver Kidneys Fig. 3.8 Pulses of the Left Wrist
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