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Secrets of the Pulse

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Clear and practical instruction on a "difficult" subject

Dr. Vasant Lad is a world-renowned ayurvedic physician, born and educated in India, with more than forty years of clinical experience. He is one of the world's leading teachers and scholars of ayurveda, and served as professor of clinical medicine at the University of Pune College of Ayurvedic Medicine & Surgery as well as director of its affiliated hospital. Currently, he is president of and a senior faculty member at the Ayurvedic Institute, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Vasant Lad is the author of several professional texts and popular works on ayurveda and has written countless articles on the subject.

Long ago, in India's remote past, ayurveda's sages described the means by which the radial pulse could be utilized to interpret the status of the physical and psychological constitutions of its possessor as well as to assess the overall state of health (or its absence). In the hands of an experienced and sensitive practitioner, pulse diagnosis (nadi pareeksha) can yield up a wealth of information of a very specific character well beyond the simple determination of prakruti and vikruti. It can lend assistance to locating the precise site(s) of pathology, the tissues affected and the state of the disease's progress and development, as well as the presence or absence of reactive systemic toxins that may lead to disease. Because pulse diagnosis requires a great sensitivity and deftness of the sense of touch that comes only with practice, it is as much an "art" as a science.

While pulse diagnosis has been cursorily described in several popular works on ayurveda, Dr. Lad has produced the first text on pulse diagnosis for the Western student practitioner, and "Secrets of the Pulse" provides a clear and straightforward method by which one can learn to assess the meanings of the pulse. With practice and the guidance afforded by this book, one can acquire the proficiency to read pulses accurately

This new edition has been revised and expanded in response to the feedback of many students and teachers who use this book in ayurvedic schools and clinics.

"Secrets of the Pulse" offers very practical and very clear instruction on pulse analysis that the author received from his own guru, describing a unique method that augments the practitioner's sensitivity and awareness while cultivating one's ability to directly perceive fundamental paradigms affecting the body.

Along with several other of Dr. Lad's works, I am certain that "Secrets of the Pulse" is destined to become a definitive textbook in English-language training programs for aspiring ayurvedic practitioners. It is an excellent effort, delivering practical instruction on a "difficult" subject matter with clarity and elegance. I heartily recommend it to anyone hoping to become involved in ayurveda.

I had wanted to learn this technic for several years now, being told it was impossible to learn without the presence of a teacher.

This book is easy to understand and impliment. I have been able to use many of the technics in this book with increasing accuracy, in just a few months. I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in this science.

Sincerely,

Eric Lloyd

I found this book very informative and helpful. I have put some of its knowledge into work already. Nonetheless, of course, it is very hard to teach the subtle intricasies of taking Ayurvedic pulses without a direct teacher. One day I hope to find one. This book probably does as well as anything can in the meanwhile, and it is nice to see such a througoh collection of these technqiues on paper. Glad I bought it.

This book is very informative and easy to understand about ayurveda.Excellent and Fast delivery.

Another excellent suplement to my western medical training. It is a welcome addition to my library

this was a gift for a friend, they loved it, they are into martial arts, eastern medicine.

If you are new to this topic, I believe this book will not help you very much. It is too esoteric and too complicated. For me it was a waste of money.

Este libro es único por su claridad y profundidad en un tema tan resguardado en la India; está escrito por un médico para otro médico. Trata y transmite entre otros temas el arte de leer el pulso, los niveles, órganos afectados, subtipos de Doshas, alteraciones de los tejidos, Prana, Constitución mental, efectos de las gemas, diagnóstico y pronóstico de las enfermedades. Te acompaña con 127 ilustraciones,10 tablas y un inglés fácil de leer. Como colega agradezco al Dr. Vasant Lad haber dado con gran Maestría parte de la Sabiduría del Ayurveda para que los occidentales del tercer mundo que no tenemos acceso a las Universidades de la India podamos aprender y aplicar esta ciencia a nuestro pacientes.