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| SUPERFICIAL PULSE-EASILY FELT WITH GENTLE TOUCH |
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Indicates exterior syndromes.
Present at early stage of exogenous disease.
Superficial but empty at deep level is yin deficiency.
Can also indicate anemia or cancer |
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PROLONGED ENDOGENOUS DISEASE
-OUTWARD FLOATING OF YANG QI
-CRITICAL SIGN |
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| DEEP PULSE- FELT ONLY ON HAVY PRESSURE, FELT NEAR THE BONE |
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INTERIOR SYNDROMES OF EXCESS TYPE
-QI AND BLOOD STAGNATION IN INTERIOR
-INTERIOR COLD OR HEAT |
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INTERIOR SYNDROMES OF DEFICIENT TYPE.
DEFICIENT QI AND YANG. |
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| SLOW PULSE- LESS THAN 4 BEATS PER BREATH, LESS THAN 60 BEATS PER MINUTE. |
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INTERIOR SYNDROMES OF EXCESS TYPE
-CAUSED BY RETENTION OF YIN COLD IN THE INTERIOR |
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INTERIOR SYNDROME OF DEFICIENT TYPE
-CAUSED BY DEFICIENCY OF YANG QI |
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| RAPID PULSE-MORE THAN 5 BEATS PER BREATH, MORE THAN 90 BEATS PER MINUTE |
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EXCESS HEAT RETAINED IN THE INTERIOR AND THE ANTIPATHOGENIC QI IS STILL STRONG.
FULL HEAT |
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DEFICIENCY OF YIN IN PROLONGED ILLNESS
-YIN XU HEAT |
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| RAPID, LARGE, WEAK AND EMPTY PULSE. |
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| OUTWARD FLOATING OF DEFICIENT YANG |
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DEFICIENT PULSE- GENERAL TERM FOR ALL THE FORCELESS PULSES FELT ON THE 3 REGIONS AND 3 LEVELS OF PRESSURE.
EMPTY- BIG BUT SOFT , BIGGER BUT EMPTY ON SLIGHTLY STRONGER PRESSURE AND IS SOFT. |
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| QI AND BLOOD DEFICIENCY CAUSING DEFICIENCY TYPE SYNDROMES |
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EXCESS TYPE- GENERAL TERM FOR ALL THE FORCEFUL PULSES FELT ON THE 3 REGIONS AND 3 LEVELS OF PRESSURE.
FULL- FULL, HARD, LONG |
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| EXCESSIVE QI AND BLOOD, CAUSED BY STRONG ANTIPATHOGENIC QI, AND AGAINST THE HYPERACTIVE PATHOGENIC FACTOR. |
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SURGING- BROAD, LARGE, FORCEFUL, LIKE ROARING WAVES WHICH COME ON POWERFULLY AND FADE AWAY.
SUPERFICIAL, OVERFLOWING. |
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EXCESSIVE HEAT
CHRONIC DISEASE WITH INTERNAL HEAT |
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| EMPTY HEAT DUE TO YIN XU. |
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| LARGE PULSE-SURGING PULSE THAT LACKS THE MOMENTUM OF ROARING WAVES |
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| THREADY PULSE- FINE THREAD, BUT DISTINCT AND CLEAR |
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DEFICIENCY DUE TO OVERSTRAIN AND STRESS
DEFICIENCY OF QI AND BLOOD
YIN DEFICIENCY AND BLOOD DEFICIENCY IN PATIENTS WITH WEAK BODY CONSTITUTION WITH A PROLONGED ILLNESS. |
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| ROLLING PULSE- FEELS SMOOTH AND FLOWIN LIKE PEARLS ROLLING ON A DISH. |
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PHLEGM AND RETAINED FLUID
RETENTION OF FOOD
EXCESS HEAT
PREGNANCY |
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| PHLEGM AND DAMP WITH QI DEFICIENCY |
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| HESITANT PULSE- ROUGH AND UNEVE CHANGES RAPIDLY IN RATE AND QUALITY HESITANT AND FORCEFUL HESITATNT AND WEAK |
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HESITANT-STAGNATION OF QI -STAGNATION OF BLOOD -IMPAIRMENT OF ESSENCE -DEFICIENCY OF BLOOD HESITANT AND FORCEFUL- QI AND BLOOD STAGNATION HESITANT AND WEAK- IMPAIRED ESSENCE, DEFICIENCY OF BLOOD |
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| string taught- taught, straight and ong, giving the feeling of a violin |
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disorders of liver and gallbladder
painful syndromes
phlegm and retained fluids |
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tense-tight and forceful like a stretched rope.
twisted like thick rope
tight and floating
tight and deep |
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cold, pain, retention of fluids
tight floating- exterior wind cold
tight deep- interior cold |
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| soft pulse- SUPERFICIAL and thready and hits the fingers without strength (forceless) |
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damp disorders
deficiency of yin and essence |
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| weak pulse- DEEP thready and hits the figers without strength (forceless) |
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deficiency of qi and blood causing various syndromes
yang deficiency |
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| abrupt pulse- hurried and rapid, irregular missed beats |
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excessive yang heat
stagnation of qi and blood
retention of phlegm or food
deficient heart qi
heart fire |
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| abrupt and forceful pulse |
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heat syndromes of excess type
qi and blood stagnation
retention of phlegm or food
swelling and pain |
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| sign of prostration which means extreme exhaustion and powerlessness |
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| knotted pulse- SLOW with irregular missed beats |
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excessive yin-failure of yang to arrive
accumulation of qi
retention of cold phlegm
stagnant blood |
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| regularly intermittent pulse- slow and weak with REGULARLY missed beats |
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Definition
declining of zang qi
heart qi disturbance which is:
wind syndromes
painful syndromes
disorders due to emotional fear and fright
traumatic contusions and sprains
traumatic contusions and sprains |
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| LONG PULSE- pulse is basically longer than normal, it extends slightly beyond the normal pulse position |
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| SHORT PULSE- pulse occupies a shorter space than a normal one, opposite of long |
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severe deficiency of qi, usually appears in front or right position of left or right hand.
specifically denotes deficiency of stomach qi. |
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| MINUTE PULSE- similar to fine pulse (thready), just more. it is extremely thin, small and difficult to feel. |
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| severe deficiency of qi and blood. |
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| SLOWED DOWN PULSE- pulse with 4 beats for each respiration cycle |
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| healthy pulse, no pathology |
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| HOLLOW PULSE- felt at superficial level, but if one presses slightly harder to find the middle level it is not there; it is then felt again at the deep level with a stronger pressure. In other words, it is empty in the middle. |
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| appears after a haemorrhage. If the pulse is rapid and slightly hollow it may indicate forthcoming loss of blood. |
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| LEATHER PULSE- feels hard and tight at the superficial level and stretched like a drum, but it feels completely empty at deep level. It is large but not thin. |
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| Severe deficiency of kidney essence or yin |
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| FIRM PULSE- felt only at deep level and it feels hard and wiry. it could be described as a Wiry pulse at the deep level |
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-interior cold
-interior stagnation
- pain |
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| SCATTERED PULSE- feels very small and is relatively superficial. Instead of feeling like a wave, the pulse feels as if it were broken in small dots. |
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very severe deficiency of qi and blood and particular of kidney qi.
Always indicates serious condition. |
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| MOVING PULSE-round shape like a bean, it is short and it trembles under the finger. It has no definte shape, having no head or tail, just rising up in the cetre. It feels as if it is shaking and is also somewhat slippery. |
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shock, anxiety, fright or extreme pain.
found in persons with deep emotional problems particularly from fear, or in those who have suffered an intense emotional shock, even if many years previously. |
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| HURRIED PULSE- very rapid, but also feels agitated and urgent. |
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| excess of yang, with fire in body exhausting yin. |
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