How long does it take to detect pregnancy?

Some people will go to see a Chinese medicine doctor to take their pulse when they feel signs of pregnancy. The pregnancy pulse can usually be felt after 40 to 50 days of pregnancy, but most of the time only Chinese medicine doctors with more experience can do this. However, it is impossible to determine the true gender of the fetus in the belly by taking the pulse. If you want to be more accurate, you should still do the corresponding examination to clarify the situation.

How long does it take to detect pregnancy?

The pregnancy pulse can usually be felt 4-6 weeks (forty to fifty days) after menopause. Diagnosing pregnancy by taking the pulse requires an experienced Chinese medicine practitioner. It can usually be done 4-6 weeks (40 to 50 days) after menopause. However, due to different physical conditions, the time of detecting pregnancy pulse may vary from person to person. Some may feel the pulse earlier, while others may feel it later. It mainly depends on the experience of the doctor who takes the pulse. The best time to take a pulse is in the morning, before eating or exercising, and in a quiet environment. The pulse can better reflect the condition of the body and facilitate diagnosis.

Recommendation: The accuracy of diagnosing pregnancy by taking the pulse is not high, the waiting time is long, and it is also necessary to distinguish it from other diseases such as phlegm, damp heat, and food accumulation. Therefore, it is recommended that women diagnose pregnancy through other more accurate and faster methods, such as morning urine tests, blood HCG tests, ultrasound, etc.

Is it accurate to tell the gender of a man by taking the pulse of a traditional Chinese doctor?

The idea of ​​distinguishing the gender of a baby by taking the pulse, that is, "boy is yang, girl is yin; left is yang, right is yin", has a long history. That is to say, if the expectant mother's left pulse beats more steadily and strongly than the right pulse, it means that there is a greater possibility of pregnant with a boy; conversely, there is a greater possibility of pregnant with a girl; if the strength and speed of the pulses on both sides are the same, there is a greater possibility of twins.

Although this idea of ​​Chinese medicine predicting the gender of the baby by taking the pulse has been circulated among the people for many years, there has been no scientific basis or relevant statistical results found so far. Therefore, expectant mothers should not use this as a basis for predicting the gender of the baby. The pulse of an expectant mother should be related to the condition of qi and blood circulation in her internal organs caused by various factors such as environment, diet, mood, etc. when her pulse is taken.

The difference between the happy pulse and the normal pulse

Feeling the pulse is the most important diagnostic method in traditional Chinese medicine. It is the "feeling" in "looking, smelling, asking and feeling". That means placing your fingers on the wrist of the person being diagnosed and judging the person's physical condition by feeling the arterial pulsation. Pulse conditions are generally divided into flat pulse, floating pulse, sinking pulse, slow pulse, rapid pulse, weak pulse, strong pulse, slippery pulse, surging pulse, thin pulse, stringy pulse, hurried pulse, knotted pulse, and alternate pulse. The normal human pulse is also called the normal pulse. The pulse during pregnancy is usually slippery.

“A slippery pulse is one that flows smoothly and should be round and smooth, like beads rolling on a jade plate.” When taking the pulse, if it is a slippery pulse, it will be like a row of bubbles, or small iron beads passing through the person's ring finger, middle finger and index finger in turn, at a fast speed, one after another. The slippery pulse is beating strongly. After pregnancy, the blood flow in the pregnant woman's body increases by more than 20% than usual, so the pulse beats stronger than that of ordinary people. This is the most obvious difference. Therefore, the pulse of pregnancy is usually slippery.

The place for taking the pulse is generally the Cun pulse, which is divided into three parts: Cun, Guan, and Chi. Stretch out your hand and place it naturally on the table. You will see a bone protrusion at the wrist. On the side of the thumb, place the fingers of the other hand on this protrusion. On the inner edge of the protrusion, you can feel the arterial pulsation. This part is the "Guan". Above the Guan (towards the fingertips) is Cun, and below the Guan is Chi.

"It feels smooth and round when pressed, like pressing a ball." According to the above method, place the index finger, middle finger and ring finger on the Cun, Guan and Chi parts of the person's pulse. The place where the ring finger is pressed is the "Cun", the middle finger is the "Guan", and the index finger is the "Chi". The words "cun" and "chi" here imply that the one closest to the palm is "cun" and the one farthest is "chi".

If you are pregnant, the ring finger, middle finger and index finger can clearly feel the pulse beating happily, and the pulse beats from "Cun" to "Chi" in sequence like flowing clouds and water. If you are not pregnant, the pulse of "Chi" cannot usually be felt.