“Dr.Arthur Fan, Could You Tell Me by Taking My Pulse–If I Already got Pregnant?”
Many patients or friends of mine have asked me such a question,my answer is “NO!”
Surprise?
Maybe, a little bit?
Some Chinese Medicine doctors/practitioners may tell their patients–they could tell if the female gets pregnant or not–by Taking patient’s pulse only. To the patients or people who don’t know Chinese medicine, it seems really very magic! And this may attract some patients to see such providers.
However, I have to tell you the truth–We COULD NOT tell you if the woman already got pregnant or not, only according to the Pulse diagnosis.
The condition is very complicated.
Indeed, when a woman gets pregnant, her pulse should be stronger and bigger than before, we call this style pulse is “slippery Pulse”(Hua Mai).
But, if a female has slippery Pulse, we could not say–“it is sure you got pregnant”. The slippery pulse only reflects that the body’s Yang Qi is over strong or at moving.
When a female gets pregnant, her Yang Qi is stronger and stronger day after day due to her hormone changes during the pregnancy, such as HCG’s increasing significantly over the time.
However, when a female does not have pregnancy, such as getting her period, or getting ovulation, or she just had a sex, or just after an exercise; sometime, we also could find she has a slippery Pulse (or similar pulse)!
When a female takes some special medications/drugs, her pulse also becomes slippery!! For example, using prednisone or Progesterone.
When a female has hypertension, or headache, her pulse may become slippery too!!!
Only, when a female during her good age for pregnant (between her first menses to menopause), had sex with male (or IUI,IVF), then her period stopped over one week, her pulse becomes slippery, we could say this female has a bigger possibility–she may get pregnant.
However, the golden criterion is her HCG hormone significantly increasing, not the Slippery pulse.
So, if a provider tell you–“you get pregnant”–only after pulse taking and did not ask you the period condition, medication and other related issues, you should question him/her–“Did you had good training in Chinese gynaecology?”
Read more at:
https://arthuryinfan.wordpress.com/category/pulse-diagnosis/
Virginia Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine 
mFd
Sky
Hi, please tell me the detail of mFd.
Thanks!
bullshit, you don’t know chinese medicine
Hi,friend,
Don’t be angry about my article. Absolutely you already misunderstand me.
I am a Chinese medicine doctor for 25 years and very love this specialty. Due to special training and experience, I understand both Chinese medicine and “conventional” western medicine very well. So, I aware of something new in clinical work.
At present time, patient no longer has pure illness condition as before. Many patients have used many Chemical medications or “nutrition” stuff, which would affect patients’ physiology, pathology too.
For example, many antibiotics affect patients’ GI system, so, when we see a patient who has stomach pain, gassy, loose stool. We should consider the medication issue, before we reach a diagnosis of TCM pattern.
Using progesterone could cause slippery pulse, which is a fake pregnant pulse if patient’s period didn’t come.
Using medications for cardiological problem, causes more change in pulse, many pulses information could not reflect original illness or disorder’s condition.
We should aware of these in clinical practice.
Dr. Fan,
It was refreshing to read such a well balanced and logical essay, two things that arent often associated with Chinese Medicine in the US these days. Thank you for your wisdom, and I wish we had a doctor like you nearby.
Eva