Sanbu Kyūkōshin (English: Three Parts and Nine Symptoms of Diagnosis)

Japanese: 三部九候診 - さんぶきゅうこうしん（英語表記）sān bù jiǔ hòu zhěn

A method of diagnosing illnesses used in China. The three parts refer to the upper (face), middle (hands), and lower (feet) parts of the human body, each of which has three parts: heaven, earth, and man. The idea is to find the location and condition of illness by examining the pulses of a total of nine parts. This theory appears in the chapter on the Three Parts and Nine Perils of the Suwen (Huangdi Neijing), but it is unclear to what extent it was actually used, and it has not been used in later generations. Although it is called a pulse, it is difficult to call it a pure pulse rate, and the idea of meridians is also included.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国で用いられた病気の診断法の一つ。三部とは人体の上(顔面)，中(手)，下(足)の3部分のことで，それぞれに天，地，人の3部位があり，合計9部位の脈動をしらべることによって病気の所在と状態を知ろうというものである。《素問》(《黄帝内経》)の三部九候論篇にみられる説であるが，実際にどの程度用いられたか明らかでなく，後世では用いられていない。脈動というが，純粋な脈搏とはいいにくく，経脈の考えもはいっている。

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