Canon of the Pulse
That "medical system is pulse" of the Ming dynasty
The Mai ring,written by Wang Shuhe ca.280 A.D..is the earliest extant monograph on the pulse.It sums up the pulse knowledge of his forerunners in 10 juan.Comprehending 2 1 types of pulse,it became the basis for later pulse studies.This is the version in an authoritative Ming collection,the Complete Book of the Main Artery of the Orthodox Medical Tradition (Yi tong zheng mai quan shu,1601;see Fig.303).(Collection of Library of China Academy of TCM).