Secrets of the Pulse: The Ancient Art of Ayurvedic Pulse Diagnosis Paperback – March 9, 2006

Full of information about the pulse and great for anyone learning pulse diagnostics in ayurveda

I found this book very informative and helpful. I have put some of its knowledge into work already. Nonetheless, of course, it is very hard to teach the subtle intricasies of taking Ayurvedic pulses without a direct teacher. One day I hope to find one. This book probably does as well as anything can in the meanwhile, and it is nice to see such a througoh collection of these technqiues on paper. Glad I bought it.

Thank you Dr. lad for your profound wisdom. You are a light unto this world.

The book is OK maybe because I do not have an Ayurvedic background. Some of the materials are clear, but some materials are unclear and needed to be explained by the author in more detail. It is harder to learn to read the pulse unless you have a teacher so you can ask questions. So, I took the Summer Intensive seven day Pulse Reading Practicum in June 2015 from Dr. Lad at the Ayurvedic Institute. Now, the book makes more sense and easy to understand.Notice: Some editions on page 34 have a misprint for the left hand on the seventh level: Kapha (Spleen), Pitta (Heart), and Vata (Kidney). So, if you didn’t take the class you would have read the wrong pulse for the seventh level or you could of have looked at page 35 to verify.The correction for page 34 should be Kapha (Kidney), Pitta (Spleen), and Vata (Heart) at the seventh level.

The author is eager to teach and this makes this book easy to read and understand

Dr. Vasant Lad is very well known ayurvedic Dr. and would highly recommend this book

An incredible science that I really enjoyed getting to know from this book.

I bought this for a class I was thinking of taking and I just couldn't get into it. Gave it to someone that wanted to take the class and she liked the book. She said that it was informative.