The correlation between pulse diagnosis and constitution identification in traditional Chinese medicine.

Journal: Complementary therapies in medicine
Published Date: Dec 21, 2016

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Our study aimed to correlate pulse wave parameters such as augmentation index (AI) and heart rate variability with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) constitution for evaluating health status.

Authors

  • Han-Kuei Wu
    Institute of Traditional Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Chinese Medicine, Taiwan Landseed Hospital, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan.
  • Yu-Shien Ko
    Division of Cardiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.
  • Yu-Sheng Lin
    College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan; The Internal Medicine and Health Examination Center at the Taoyuan Branch, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
  • Hau-Tieng Wu
    Mathematics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Tung-Hu Tsai
    Institute of Traditional Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Chemical Engineering, National United University, Miaoli, Taiwan.
  • Hen-Hong Chang
    School of Post-Baccalaureate Chinese Medicine, and Research Center for Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; Departments of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan. Electronic address: tcmchh55@mail.cmu.edu.tw.

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