Lad, Vasant Dattatray
Secrets of the Pulse
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Organ Pulses
Superficial Pulse
Organ Pulses of
the Right Hand
Colon Gallbladder
Lungs bx Liver Pericardium
Deep Pulse Circulation
On the other hand, the strength of the organ may be
depleted due to accumulation of ama or low agni of that
particular organ which can be felt under the pulse as a fee-
ble organ pulse. The organ pulse may become feeble with-
out indicating any doshic spike. This shows weakness in
that organ as a khavaigunya, defective space, where the
dosha has not yet reached to create a pathological condition.
The agni of that organ is low. If this condition is not treated,
later any aggravated dosha may lodge in that organ to create
pathological changes, at which point the doshic spike devel-
ops. There is one Truth, but it can be expressed in different
ways with different views, because our perceptions are dif-
ferent.
Colon
The superficial pulse under the ring finger on the right
side of the subject corresponds to the colon. If a strong spike
is felt, the colon is strong. When a dosha is increased and
goes into the organ, the organ becomes weak, causing a fee-
ble pulse. If the colon pulse is feeble and throbbing is felt at
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the kapha location, there is a possibility of excess mucus,
parasites, amoebae or some tumor in the colon. When there
is chronic amoebiasis, which is a kapha disorder in which
the body walls off the infection, the mucous membrane rolls
and creates a lump called an amoeboma, which is a kapha
type of tumor.
If the colon pulse is weak with a throb at pitta, there
may be excess pitta in the colon causing colitis, diverticuli-
tis, chronic diarrhea or dysentery, appendicitis, pitta-type
hemorrhoids or bleeding polyps. If the spike is at vata and
the colon pulse is low, the person may have chronic consti-
pation, gases in.the colon or gulma. Kapha gulma (tumor) is
an amoeboma, vata gulma is diverticulosis and pitta gulma
is diverticulitis and polyp. A polyp may be mucus or it may
be a ruptured blood vessel causing profuse bleeding due to a
pitta disorder.
The lungs and colon are linked as important organs
related to prana vaha srotas. The qualities of vata are cold,
dry, light, mobile and subtle. The mobile quality can carry
excess pitta from the intestines into the colon or from the
gallbladder into the colon, causing colitis. Making a diagno-
sis is a complicated process with many subtleties.
When vata is pushing pitta, pitta is aggravated and may
manifest in the colon rather than in the small intestine. But
in this case the pitta is innocent. It is samana vayu which is
pushing pachaka pitta into the colon or apana vayu can pull
pachaka pitta into the colon. Pitta, being hot, starts burning
the colon. Symptoms may not manifest in the small intestine
but there may be rectal bleeding or a burning anus. In symp-
tomatology vata. symptoms appear first—constipation,
bloating, indigestion, burping, insomnia and low agni.
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Organ Pulses
FEEBLE COLON PULSE (SUPERFICIAL) UNDER THE
INDEX FINGER ON THE RIGHT SIDE
Feeble colon pulse with Kapha spike indicates:
Mucus in the colon
Parasites
Amoebiais Cystic
tumor Amoeboma
Feeble colon pulse with Pitta spike denotes:
Excess pitta in the colon
Colitis
Diverticulitis
Dysentery
Appendicitis
Hemorrhoids
Polyps
Irritable bowel syndrome
Feeble colon pulse with Vata spike shows:
Excess vata in the colon
Gases
Constipation
Diverticulosis
Fissure
Fistula
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Then later the subject passes blood through the stool, has a
burning sensation in the colon and the pulse shows typical
vata pushing pitta. Initially vata was high, now vata has
pushed pitta into the colon and the colon is going through
inflammatory changes. One should first treat the symptoms
with the most significant manifestations. If the person is
bleeding from the rectum and has a burning colon, don't
treat vata. Treat pitta dosha first.
Ayurveda talks about the concept of a khavaigunya or
defective space within the body. This defective or weak
space may be in an organ, srotas (system), localized area,
dhatu (tissue), etc., resulting from many possible factors—
for example, traumas, genetic inheritance, wrong diet or
lifestyle. Once the space is weakened, a circulating aggra-
vated dosha (prasara stage in samprapti) may begin to
accumu-late there and initiate pathological changes. A vata
pushing pitta condition depends upon the site of khavaigu-
nya. Suppose apana vayu is out of balance and there are
toxins in the liver with aggravated ranjaka pitta. With this
condition vata can easily pull ranjaka pitta into the colon,
leading to dark yellow or green stools. But suppose the per-
son frequently eats black beans, cayenne pepper, curry pep-
per, chili pepper and drinks alcohol, causing one's pachaka
pitta to be high. Then udana vayu will push pachaka pitta
up and create nausea and vomiting. The subtype of vata
involved in the imbalance depends upon the location of the
khavaigunya. In a way, there is a subtle affinity between the
aggravated dosha and the khavaigunya. Apana pulls down,
udana pushes upward and vyana circulates. One can simply
look at the symptoms. If a person has a bleeding rectum,
burning urethra, vaginal bleeding along with some vata
symptoms, it denotes vata pushing or pulling pitta. Here it
shows apana vayu pulling pitta down. The symptoms are
quite suggestive. Suppose vyana vayu is aggravated and
pushes ranjaka pitta into the skin, creating hives, rash, acne
or bleeding under the skin. When udana vayu is pushing
pitta up, there is nausea, vomiting, bloodshot eyes and hot
flashes. Wherever pitta is pulled or pushed, there it will cre-
ate inflammatory changes leading to infection of those
organs.
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