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Fu Mai
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Floating Pulse (generic)
External invasion - battle at surface Heat damage to yin - yin can't anchor yang Yang rising Blood deficiency - acute loss of blood, qi not ballasted Severe qi xu - yang of KI not grasping qi so it floats up and out |
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"drumskin"
Ge Mai |
floating
wide strong/hard Heat damage to vessels - long term - lose elasticity Only in certain populations: elderly, sclerotic vessels |
"drumskin"
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Hong Mai
"surging" |
floating
wide very strong initially/ weak with pressure Heat damage to fluids that should fill vessels |
"surging"
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Kou Mai
"scallion stalk" |
floating
wide slightly wiry weak with pressure Blood vacuity (acute loss) yet qi still has integrity. But w/ pressure "crunches". |
"scallion stalk"
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Xu Mai
"vacuous" |
floating
wide - qi not containing pulse weak Qi rising up and out, pulse lacks integrity. Serious illness. |
"vacuous"
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San Mai
"scattered" |
floating
wide weaker than xu mai Very severe |
"scattered"
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Ru Mai
"soggy" |
floating
thin weak Damp invasion - pulse "smooshed" by damp Blood and qi weakend |
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Chen Mai
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deep pulse (generic)
Qi xu Blood xu - not filling vessel Yang xu - can't raise pulse up |
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Rou Mai
"frail" |
deep
thin weak Yang xu Qi xu Xue xu Jing xu |
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Fu Mai
"hidden" |
very deep
weak thin More severe than Frail |
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Lao Mai
"confined" |
deep
wide strong possible wiry to tight Severe internal cold, battle on interior Appendicitis, gonorrhea |
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Slow Pulse
Chi Mai |
60 BPM or less
Excess cold Qi xu Blood xu Yang xu HT concern |
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"Moderate" to "relaxed" pulse
Huan Mai |
60 BPM or slightly slow
72 or less considered by some to be pathological |
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"Rapid" pulse
Shu Mai |
90 BPM or more
Heat HT pathology |
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Ji Mai
"racing" |
120 BPM or more
Heat HT pathology (AV node) HIV, Cancer |
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Shi Mai
"excess" |
wide
strong possibly wiry tight long Chronic: qi stagnation Heat (ST, MJ...) Acute food stagnation Anger Infectious disease, 4 BIGS |
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Da Mai
"large" |
wide
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Xi Mai
"fine" |
thin
weak Xue xu Qi xu Yin xu (adds heat) |
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Wei Mai
"faint" |
very thin
very weak |
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"wiry"
Xian Mai |
lack of smooth flow, stagnation
up & down LV qi stagnation Phlegm obstruction Blood stasis obstruction |
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"tight"
Jin Mai |
wider than wiry
constricted vessel full "moves like a rope - side-to-side" Cold excess (Not common in modern times) Pain |
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"slippery"
Hua Mai |
not enough waveform, sliding under finger
Damp pathogen Food stagnation Heat Phlegm |
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"choppy"
Se Mai |
ticking under fingers, little stars
Typically blood level BLOOD STASIS Blood xu Phlegm obstruction Jing xu |
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"long"
Chang Mai |
1)healthy
2)if wiry = LV tension, yin xu 3)if pt. is weak = heat |
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"short"
Duan Mai |
Qi xu
Qi stagnation Blood stagnation |
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Jie Mai
"bound" |
slow (or not)
irregularly irregular Insufficiency of HT Qi xu Xue xu Yang xu |
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Cu Mai
"skipping" |
rapid
irregularly irregular HT changes: changes of rate, skipped beats |
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Dai Mai
"interrupted" |
slower
regularly irregular COPD |
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Dong Mai
"spinning bean" |
rapid
slippery forceful Shock? Intense Fright? Cardiac arrest? |
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Eric's Grey Zone of Pulse Rate
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low 80's: iatrogenic (ex. Claritin-D); coffee
mid 80's - 90: LV stagnation; yin xu heat |
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abnormalities of radial arteries
reasons |
fan qua
1) weirdly located 2) bifurcation (upstream) 3) scar tissue |
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Floating Pulses
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Sunny - Soggy
San Diego - Scattered, Drumskin VerSus - Vacuous, Scallion Stalk San Francisco - Surging, Floating |
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Deep Pulses
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CHicago - Contained, Hidden
Fire - Frail (think of the F & R from fire, not to be confused with Fine or Faint) Department - Deep |
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Length & Width
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Fine - Fine
ELF - Excess, Large, Faint |
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Qualities
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Chicago - Choppy
White - Wiry Sox - Slippery Tickets - Tight |
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floating pulse types mnemonic
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Sunny - Soggy
San Diego - Scattered, Drumskin VerSus - Vacuous, Scallion Stalk San Francisco - Surging, Floating |
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deep pulse type mnemonics
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CHicago - Contained, Hidden
Fire - Frail (think of the F & R from fire, not to be confused with Fine or Faint) Department - Deep |
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strength and width type mnemonics
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Fine - Fine
ELF - Excess, Large, Faint |
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