《黄帝内经·灵枢·经水》
因而，医者在临证时，都应该首先仔细地按切脉象，循按肌肉，触摸皮肤，按压筋骨，以辨别患者的体质类型，然后再诊察病性的温寒、血气的盛衰，之后才可能进行适当的调治。
审、切、循、扪、按，视其寒温盛衰而调之，是谓因适而为之真也。
Therefore, clinicians should first carefully touch and feel the pulse, follow the muscles, touch the skin, press the muscles and bones to identify the patient's body type, and then diagnose the temperature and coldness of the disease and the rise and fall of qi and blood, before they can carry out the appropriate conditioning .