The pulse can be felt by placing fingers on the inside of the wrist over the radical artery. When a doctor checks the pulse, heart beats are counted for a minute. Since the rate of contractions felt at the wrist would be same as the heart rate, the pulse tells us about the health of the heart. This tells the doctor about the health of the patient’s heart. The pulse rate depends on the blood requirement of the body and this indicates the pressure on the circulatory system. An irregular pulse rate indicates a fault in the normal functioning of the heart. A good practitioner of Ayurveda can simply measure the pulse of a person and understand all about the ailments in the body.