FLOATING PULSE - characteristics and clinical signification?
- pulse feels distinct only on light touch and slightly weakened on pressing
- “the wood floating in the water”
Exterior syndrome
- exterior / EPF
- deficiency
- upward escape of Yang Qi
DEEP PULSE - characteristics and clinical signification?
- pulse feels distinct only on heavy pressing
Interior syndrome
- interior deficiency : deep and feeble
- interior excess : deep and energetic
SLOW PULSE - characteristics and clinical signification?
- frequency less than 60/min
Cold syndrome
- deficiency cold : slow and feeble
- excess cold : slow and energetic
RAPID PULSE - characteristics and clinical signification?
- frequency faster than 90/min
Heat Syndrome
- deficiency heat: rapid and feeble
- excess heat: rapid and energetic
FLOODING PULSE - characteristics and clinical signification?
- pulse feels full, large and coming vigorously like waves surging and going gently
- “tide waves”
Exuberance of Qi & Hyperactivity of Fire
- febrile heat in qi level
INDISTINCT PULSE - characteristics and clinical signification?
- pulse feels extremely soft and thready, discernible at one moment, indistinct at another
Collapse of Yang
- extreme exhaustion of Qi & Blood
(“rootless” pulse)
THREADY PULSE - characteristics and clinical signification?
- pulse feels thin and feeble, yet easily perceptible
Exhaustion of Qi & Blood, or other kinds of deficiency
really thin, not enough contents in the vessels
SCATTERED PULSE - characteristics and clinical signification?
- floating, diffusing on light touch and faint on heavy pressing: irregular rhythm
Exhaustion of Heart Qi
- or failure of Qi of Viscera
- Yuan Qi exhausted
(rootless pulse, no form or shape, energy webs away, if you feel it, it is not scattered, you can’t feel the pulse bc it dissipates underneath your fingers)
FEEBLE PULSE - characteristics and clinical signification?
- pulse feels soft, feeble, and hollow
Deficiency of Qi & Blood, or the depletion of body fluids
(Qi & Blood in vessel is not full, thus there is no tension on the vessels, pulse is not thin)
FULL PULSE - characteristics and clinical signification?
- feels vigorous in coming and going, and energetic on light touch and heavy pressing too
Excess condition
SLIPPERY PULSE - characteristics and clinical signification?
- feels slippery white it comes and goes
Excess
- existence of phlegm
- dyspepsia
Normal: pregnancy
CHOPPY PULSE - characteristics and clinical signification?
- feels unsmooth while coming and going, like the scrapping of bamboo with a knife
Deficiency of Blood, Essence, or body fluids
- stagnation of Qi and Blood
LONG PULSE - characteristics and clinical signification?
- feels extending longer than Cu-Guan-Chi
Healthy state - long and moderate pulse
Both pathogenic evil and righteous Qi are exuberant: long and stiff pulse
SHORT PULSE - characteristics and clinical signification?
- distinct only at Bar or of a short extent
- Deficiency of Qi and/or Blood: short and feeble pulse
- Depression of Vital Energy: short and energetic
- Accumulation of Phlegm: short and energetic
- Dyspepsia - short and energetic
WIRY PULSE - characteristics and clinical signification?
- feels straight and long, like a string of a musical instrument
Hyperactivity of Liver & Gallbladder
- pain
(tense, energy is stuck)
HOLLOW PULSE - characteristics and clinical signification?
- feels floating, large, and hollow, like the leaf of a Chinese scallion
Sudden profuse loss of Blood
- a critical depletion of Yin
TIGHT PULSE - characteristics and clinical signification?
- feels tense and energetic, like a cord stretched tight
Existence of Cold
- pain
- dyspepsia
MODERATE PULSE
- pulse with diminished tension and moderate frequency
Healthy State
- dampness
- debility of SP and ST
LEATHERY PULSE - characteristics and clinical signification?
- pulse feels floating, stringy, exteriorly taut and interiorly hollow, like a drum surface
Loss of blood, such as premature labor, metorrhagia, or permatorrhea
FIRM PULSE - characteristics and clinical signification?
- feels replete, energetic, long and slightly stringy: it can only be felt on heavy pressing
Internal Accumulation of Yin Cold
- hernia
- mass in abdomen
WEAK PULSE - characteristics and clinical signification?
- feels extremely soft, feeble, and thready: it can be felt only on heavy pressing
Deficiency of Qi & Blood
SOGGY PULSE - characteristics and clinical signification?
- feels floating, thready, and soft on light touch, but faint on heavy pressing
Deficiency syndrome
- dampness
(also feels sticky and wet, fading and thin)
HIDDEN PULSE - characteristics and clinical signification?
- feels deeper than the deep pulse and it can be felt only on pressing hard to the bone
Syncope
- severe pain
- internal blockage due to pathogenic evils
MOVING PULSE - characteristics and clinical signification?
- feels slippery, rapid, and energetic, like bouncing pea
State of being frightened
- pain
(more excessive than short pulse, short pulse is more deficient)
