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18 Cards in this Set
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Large
"Big" Pulse |
Excess Heat
Deficiency |
Vessel is wide
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Thready
"Small" "Thin" Pulse |
Deficiency: Qi, Blood or/and Yin
Excess: Dampness |
Pulse width is very thin and feels like a find thread but is very distinct and clear without interruption of rhythm when pushing on pulse (blood vessel's diameter decreased)
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"Wiry"
String-Taut Pulse |
Liver/ GB disease
Pain Phlegm or Malaria |
Feels taut, long and forceful whether under pressure of fingers or not, and maintains a straight line beneath the finger
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Tense
"Tight" Pulse |
Cold syndrome
Pain Food stagnation |
Rises and falls with strength and vibrates to the left and right. Strength is like a tightly twisted rope, unevenly stretched and snapping back and forth
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Long
"Overflowing" Pulse |
Liver Yang rising (hypertension)
Excessive interior heat Normal |
Smooth and straight, extend distally and proximal
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Short
Pulse |
Qi disorder (stagnation or deficient)
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Rolling
"Slippery" Pulse |
Dampness or Phlegm
Food stagnation Excess Heat |
Pulse moves quickly, smoothly and slippery inside the vessel, vessel is plump, pearl rolling on a plate
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Hesitant
"Sluggish" "Choppy" Pulse |
Deficiency: Blood or essence
Excess: stagnation of Qi and blood, food, phlegm |
1. slow and wave shape, not smooth
2. rhythm is irregular 3. irregular in strength and fullness |
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Knotted
Pulse |
Excess Yin:
-stagnation (Qi, phlegm & blood) -cold -tumor mass Vital Qi deficiency |
slow with irregularly missed beats, pulse continues immediately
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Regularly- Intermittent
Pulse |
Deficiency: declining Zang Qi
Excess: Wind syndrome -Pain -Disorder due to fear or fright |
slow and weak, pauses at regular intervals....regularly irregular
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Surging
"Flooding" Pulse |
Excess Heat in Qi Level
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Wide and forceful though it fades gently, like a wave in the ocean. Vessel is wide and thick
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Abrupt
"Hurried" Pulse |
Excess: excessive heat
-stagnation (Qi, blood, phlegm, food) Deficiency of Zang Fu |
Rapid with irregular pauses
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Superficial
"Floating" Pulse |
Exterior syndrome
Deficiency |
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Deep
Pulse |
Interior syndrome
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Slow
Pulse |
Cold syndrome
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Rapd
"Fast" Pulse |
Heat syndrome
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Excess
"Strong" Pulse |
Excess syndrome
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Pulse felt at all 3 positions at all 3 levels
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Deficient
"Weak" Pulse |
Deficiency syndrome
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Pulse size is wide but without strength and slack in tension
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