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Floating (fu mai) |
("higher" than normal, light pressure less perceptible at middle and deep levels) Exterior condition, EPI, superficial Yang pulse If w/o strength/empty, deficient yin If w/ strength and no EPI, interior wind Floating-Tight, Wind-Cold Floating-Rapid, Wind-Heat In rare cases pulse is Floating b/c Qi very deficient and floats to surface of body *Kidney-Yin Deficiency, Invasion of Lungs |
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Sinking or deep (chen mai) |
(only at deep level, when heavy pressure applied) Interior condition/Internal disharmony, problem w yin organs, Deep-Weak, deficiency of Qi and Yang Deep-Full, stasis of Qi or Blood in interior, or interior cold or Heat Yin pulse |
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Slow (chi mai) |
(<4 beats/breath cycle) Cold, or insufficient qi Slow-Weak, Empty-Cold from deficient Yang Slow-Full, Full-Cold Yin pulse |
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Rapid (shu mai) |
(>5 beats/breath cycle) Heat Floating-Empty-Rapid, Empty-Heat from yin deficiency Full-Rapid, Full-Heat Yang pulse |
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Thin, Fine (xi mai) |
(like a fine thread but distinct/clear) Blood is deficient, internal Dampness w/ severe qi deficiency Yin pulse |
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Big (da mai) |
(broad, distinct) Excess, common when heat in ST or Intestines or both Yang pulse |
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Empty (xu mai) |
(big w/o strength, weak/soft like balloon partially filled w/ water; usu at superficial level; often slower than normal) Deficient qi (and blood) Yin pulse |
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Full (shi mai) |
(big and strong, pounding hard against fingers at all 3 depths) Excess/full pattern Full-Rapid, Full-Heat Full-Slow, Full-Cold Yang pulse |
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Slippery (hua mai) |
(Extremely full; smooth like ball bearing covered w viscous fluid) Dampness, Phlegm (Mucus); retention of food; women during pregnancy Slippery-Weak, background of Qi deficiency Yang within yin pulse |
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Choppy (se mai) |
(opposite of slippery; uneven and rough; irregular in strength and fullness; like knife scraping bamboo. Changes rapidly in rate and quality) If thin, Deficient Blood or Deficient Jing; or congealed blood; or exhaustion of fluids Usu yin pulse |
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Wiry (xuan/xian mai) |
(Taut, like guitar string; strong, rebounds against pressure at all levelsl hits fingers evenly. No fluidity or wave)
Stagnation, usu related to Liver and Gall Bladder Pain, or phlegm Yang pulse |
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Tight (jin mai) |
(Strong, seems to bounce from side to side like taut rope; fuller and more elastic than wiry pulse; vibrating and urgent, seems faster than it is) Excess, Cold, Stagnation (pain from interior condition) Tight-Floating, Exterior Cold Tight-Weak-Deep, interior Empty-Cold *Asthma from cold in LU, cold ST conditions Yang within yin pulse |
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Short (duan mai) |
(does not fill space under three fingers, usu only felt in one position) Severe deficient Qi (specifically Stomach Qi) Yin pulse |
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Long (chang mai) |
(perceptible beyone first and third positions; continues to be felt closer to hand or toward elbow) if normal speed/strength, not a sign of disharmony If tight and wiry, it points to Excess Yang pulse |
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Knotted (jie mai) |
(Slow, irregular, skips beats irregularly) Sign of Cold obstructing Qi and Bood; or Deficient Qi, Blood or Jing; often sign the Heart not ruling Blood properly...the more interruptions in rhythm, the more severe the condition Cold and deficiency of Heart-Yang [if congenital, not necessarily sign of disharmony] Yin pulse |
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Hurried/Hasty (cu mai) Maciocia calls Hurried (ji mai) |
(Rapid, skips beats irregularly) Usu heat agitating Qi and Blood Extreme heat and deficiency of Heart-Qi; also Heart-Fire [if congenital, not necessarily sign of disharmony] Yang pulse Ji mai--excess of Yang, with Fire in body exhausting Yin |
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Intermittent (dai mai) |
(usu skips more beats than knotted or hurried, but does so in regular pattern) Heat, signifying serious disharmony; also exhausted state of all Organs, esp Yin organs Can indicate serious heart problem [if congenital, not necessarily sign of disharmony] Yin pulse |
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Flooding, Overflowing (hong mai) |
(Surges with strength of big pulse to hit fingers at all three depths, but leaves fingers w less strength like receding wave) Extreme Heat has injured fluids and yin Overflowing-Empty, Empt-Heat from Yin deficiency Yin w/in yang pulse |
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Minute (wei mai) |
(Extremely fine and soft, but lacks clarity of thin pulse; barely perceptible, about to disappear) Extreme Deficiency of Qi and Blood Yin pulse |
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Frail (fuo/rou mai) |
(soft, weak, somewhat thin; usu felt at deep level--inverted empty pulse) More extreme Deficient Qi condition (Qi cannot even raise pulse) Deficiency of Yang, or sometimes of Blood Yin pulse |
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Soggy (ru mai) |
(Combination of thin, empty, floating; extremely soft, less clear than thin, perceptible only in superficial position; slightest pressure makes it disappear) Deficient Blood or Jing Dampness against background of Qi deficiency Yin pulse *Damp-Phlegm in Lungs, Phlegm-Fluids obstructing Lungs |
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Leather (ge mai) |
(Combination wiry and floating pulses; with aspects of empty pulse; feels like tight skin top of drum) Deficient Blood or Jing Severe deficiency of Kidney-Essence or Kidney-Yin Yin pulse |
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Hidden (fu mai) |
(Extreme form of sinking; intense pressure must be applied to feel) If strong, usu sign of Cold obstructing Meridians If weak, signifies Deficient Yang that cannot raise pulse Extreme deficiency of yang Yin Pulse |
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Confined or prison/Firm (lao mai) |
(opposite of leather; a form of hidden; very deep and wiry, usu long and strong) Obstruction due to Cold Blood stasis, interior Cold (if Slow), or pain Yang w/in yin |
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Spinning bean or moving (dong mai) |
(combination short, tight, slippery, rapid; felt only one position; incomplete w/o head and tail, like bean) Extreme condition... usu w/ heart palpitations, intense fright, fever, pain, shock (even long ago ) Yang pulse |
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Hollow (kong/kou mai) |
(like stem of green onion--solid on outside but empty w/in; often floating as well) Deficient Blood, often seen after great loss of Blood Yin pulse |
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Scattered (san mai) |
(Similar to empty pulse b/c floating, big, weak; much larger and much less distinct than empty; felt as it recedes) Serious disharmony; Very serious deficiency of Qi and Blood, particularly Kidney-Qi Kidney Yang exhausted and "floating away" Yin pulse |
