In earlier times, pulse examination of the patient was the first thing our vaidya used to do. Even before asking the patient about his problems. It is an age-old practice of the earlier vaidya and the habit of the patients as well. Even now, most of the patients who visit the doctors, first stretch their hand and ask the doctor to examine his pulse to know about his disease. When the doctor holds his hand and even if he pretends, the patient is much satisfied.
Such is their confidence on the reliability of pulse examination and its importance. Its credibility is lost in modern medicine. It is hardly seen our doctors ever care to examine the pulse with patience. They simply entrust this task to the nurse who just counts the pulse rate and record it without caring for the characteristics of the pulse, which she does not know also. We are used to rely more on the machines in the name of…
