The correlation between pulse diagnosis and constitution identification in traditional Chinese medicine
Wu HK, Ko YS, Lin YS, Wu HT, Tsai TH, Chang HH · Complementary Therapies in Medicine · 2017 February
DOI 10.1016/j.ctim.2016.12.005
Objective
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.
Conclusions
Individuals with qi-deficient and cold constitutions had higher AI and lower SEVI, potentially reflecting an increase in arterial stiffness. This study can provide a basis for further investigation of the physiological indicators of TCM constitutions in modern medicine.
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