Hi all,

I've been treating a patient for the past few weeks for stubborn,
long-term depression. The patient is a 47 year old male, successful,
personable, and motivated to get better (he is actively involved in
psychotherapy, physical exercise, takes supplements, takes his Chinese
herbs, etc.).

He reports essentially no complaints other than his depression, which
can get "very dark" at times. He reports feeling the depression
somatically around the area of REN-14/15.

Here's the thing... He broke his right radius wrestling in high
school. The bone healed awkwardly, with a visible bend in his right
forearm. I'm assuming that his radial artery was displaced due to
this injury. The artery extends laterally over the bone to the area
of LI-5.

Here's my question. Is there any information I can reliably get from
this pulse? And could this traumatic injury and displacement of the
pulse have anything to do with his intractable depression? Palpation
of the area of the injury does not elicit any significant Ashii points.

Thanks for any input you all may have...

-Matt Maneggia