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13 Cards in this Set
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choppy feels like
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"a knife scraping bamboo"
Flows without a wave. Opposite of slippery. Felt within each position separately. Slow, relaxed, stagnant, difficult, fine, small, short. Rough, jagged, and short. |
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weak feels like
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Deep, fine, like soft thread, relatively forceless.
Cannot be felt superficially. No strength. |
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intermittent feels like
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stops at REGULAR intervals which may be strikingly long.
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knotted feels like
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stops at IRREGULAR intervals.
slower pulse |
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floating feels like
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"plank in water"
With finger raised it has surplus, when pressing down it is insufficient. Felt clearly superficially, pushes down with resistance |
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Deep feels like
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can only be felt at middle and deep, but especially at deep.
opposite of floating. sunken under muscle, near bone. |
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empty feels like
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Has no strength, disappears with light pressure.
HAS WAVE. Soft, but relatively big and distended superficially. Forceless. |
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Full feels like
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Hard, full, and long. Springy quality resistant to finger pressure.
Easily felt at all levels. Forceful. |
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Tight feels like
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Hard, like a rope being twisted.
Size and strength are greater than wiry. Not as springy as wiry pulse. |
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Wiry feels like
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If you push it down, it springs back up. Hits the finger with force superficially.
Taut strings of a musical instrument. |
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Slow feels like
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pulse rate below 60 bpm
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Rapid feels like
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pulse rate above 90 bpm
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slippery feels like
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"string of pearls being pulled under a cloth"
soft wave, slips under finger and flows smoothly. |
