The names of twelve special pulses as Zong, Heng, Ni, Shun, Fan, Fu, Gao, Zhang, Gang, Die, Bei and Sun were first appeared in Treatise on Cold Pathogenic Diseases · Normal Pulse written by ZHANG Zhong-jing, and which was categorized as twelve pulses by LI Zhong-zhi in Zhen Jia Zheng Yan · Mai Fa Zong Lun in Ming dynasty. ‘ZHANG Zhong-jing＇s discussion on twelve pulses＂ was regarded as an independent lemma by DENG Tie-tao in Zhong Guo Yi Xue Da Ci Dian. Twelve pulses as a part of Treatise on Cold Pathogenic Diseases was less discussed by t...
