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19 Cards in this Set
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six or more beats to each breath cycle - always indicates heat
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Rapid
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a pulse that is rapid and stops at irregular intervals
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Hasty
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feels large under the finger, very superfical and broad - like a river flooding its banks - goes beyond natural boundry in all directions
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Overflowing
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short, slippery, rapid and gives the impression of 'shaking' or 'vibrating' instead of pulsating - felt more frequently in cun and guan positions
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Moving
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rounded, slips or slides under the finger and flow smoothly - like pearls rolling in a basin
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Slippery
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only felt at superficial - relatively floating but weak and soft like wet cotton - disappears with stronger pressure
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Soggy
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feels rough, jagged and short - flows with out a wave
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Choppy
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no strength and disappears with light pressure - soft but relatively big and distended at the superficial level
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Empty
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cannot be felt at the supeficial level - by definition deep - feels soft and without strenght
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Weak
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8 times per breath cycle - 'hurried, anxious, agitated, urgent'
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Hurried
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thin and thread like - clear and straight - feels like a line under the finger
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Fine
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feels as if broken into many tiny dots instead of flowing smoothly - realitivly superficial and disappears with pressure
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Scattered
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does not fill a pulse position - felt at center but tapers off at head and tail - more common in cun and guan
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Short
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feels hard full and long - felt at all 3 levels -springy quality - resistant to pressure
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Full
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superficial and hard - felt clearly at every level - taut string of a guitar
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Wiry
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large, broad, overflowing from its boundry and full - more shape than overflowing - not necessarily rapid
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Big
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hard and feels like a rope being twisted - springy feeling when the pressure is released (not as much as wiry)
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Tight
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simply longer than normal - extends lenghtwise beyond the pulse boundary
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Long
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very thin, almost blurred - extreme fine
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Minute
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