Forests are our life-support system, and we should be more serious about taking their pulse.

森林是我们的生命维持系统，我们应该更认真地测量它们的脉搏。

A nurse moved silently around the bed, checking levels, taking his pulse.

一名护士在床边静静地走来走去，检查水平，测量他的脉搏。

For example, doctors can monitor your heart rate, usually by taking your pulse, to get an idea of your general cardiovascular health.

例如，医生通常可以通过脉搏监测您的心率，以了解您的总体心血管健康状况。

However, in TCM, the part that is selected for taking pulse is the superficial part of the radial artery posterior to the wrist known as cunkou.

但中医一般只切按腕后桡动脉所在之部位，即寸口。

That's about 100,000 beats a day, 35 million a year, 2 to 3 billion heart beats in a lifetime, the basic physiology of which you can easily feel, just by taking your own pulse.

每天大约 10 万次，一年 3500 万，一生中 2 到 30 亿次心跳，你可以很容易地感受到基本的生理变化，只需测量一下你自己的脉搏即可。