THE LAKESIDE MASTER'S STUDY OF THE PULSE

Compiled in the late Ming dynasty, Li Shi-zhen's Lakeside Master's Study of the Pulse is still used and regarded as one of the best primers on this important diagnostic modality. Written in meter and verse, this collection of "poems" was meant to be memorized, not just read. Although this translation has not retained the meter and verse, this is one of the most concise and authoritative texts on the pulse within the Chinese literature.