The Art of Pulse Diagnosis

The Art of Pulse Diagnosis provides the reader a detailed step-by-step method for doing Chinese Medical pulse diagnosis. The book shows detailled descriptions of pulse qualities and images. It describes relations to organ function, the concept of dynamic and directional pulses as well as pulses for all the individual meridians/channels. You will find in total over 100 diagrams and paintings of the different pulses.
Heiner Fruehauf says about this book: “All holistic systems of medicine contain at their core a deep awareness that the human body consists of more than just fluids and tissue and bone. Chinese medicine specifically views the body as a hierarchically organized fusion of spirit, energy and matter. No treatment should ever be administered without considering the body’s energetic planes first. Among the various modalities of Chinese medicine, pulse diagnosis once reigned supreme as a direct way to perceive energetic imbalances. This book represents a practical and sensitive introduction to the complex topic of Oriental pulse diagnosis that makes this waning art accessible. Another valuable contribution to the profession by Ann Cecil-Sterman!”

Ann Cecil-Sterman, MS, L.Ac. is an acupuncturist, teacher, writer, artist and musician. She wrote two books: Advanced Acupuncture, A Clinic Manual, Protocols for the Sinew, Luo, Divergent and Eight Extraordinary Channels, and The Art of Pulse Diagnosis.

She gives lectures about the application and methodology of the Complement Channels, the art of pulse diagnosis, and together with her husband, the use of food as medicine. For many years she worked as a senior clinic supervisor at the school of acupuncture founded by Dr. Jeffrey Yuen in 1997 in New York City. Cecil-Sterman studied for a long-time different aspect of the TCM from Dr. Yuen, especially herbs, qigong, oils, philosophy and also medical history. Ann was the co-founder and Director of the Classical Wellness Center in Manhattan where she taught classes on advanced diagnosis and the theory and application of Classical Chinese Medicine. Ann lives in Manhattan with her husband and two children.