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17 Pulses Flashcards

1
Q

You can feel it with a very light touch, if you push down harder it decreases

A

Superficial/ floating

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2
Q

Only felt if you push hard

A

Deep

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3
Q

Pulse beats 3x per minute

A

Slow

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4
Q

Pulse beats 5x per minute, regular rhythm

A

Rapid/Quick

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5
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Pulse size is wide and force less, slack. Forceless is all 3 positions.

A

Deficient/weak

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6
Q

Pulse felt in all 3 positions and levels
Long and large
Feeling of fullness

A

Excess/Strong

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7
Q

Pulse wide and forceful, but fades gently.
Vessel wide and thick
Like a wave

A

Surging/flooding

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8
Q

Thin pulse width
Feels like fine thread and very distinct and clear
No interruption of rhythm when pushing down on pulse.

A

Thready/fine

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9
Q

Pulse moves quickly, smoothly and is slippery inside vessel.
Vessel is plump
Like a pearl rolling

A

Rolling/slippery

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10
Q

Pulse is slow and wave shaped
Not smooth
Irregular rhythm irregular strength and fullness

A

Hesitant/choppy

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11
Q

Pulse is taut, Long and forceful, whether under pressure or not.
Maintains a straight line

A

String-taut/wiry

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12
Q

Pulse rises and falls with strength and vibrates.
Picture a tightly twisted rope.
Stretched and snapping

A

Tense/tight

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13
Q

Pulse is superficial
Thin
Hits fingers without strength

A

Soft/soggy

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14
Q

Pulse is deep and thin

Hits fingers without strength

A

Weak/feeble

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15
Q

Pulse beats rapid and irregular

Fast

A

Abrupt/short

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16
Q

Pulse is slow and irregular

Missed beats but comes back immediately

A

Knotted

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17
Q

Pulse is slow and weak
Pauses at regular intervals
Will wait a beat before coming back

A

Regularly intermittent

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18
Q

What is a cold with pain and food stagnation

Like a guitar string that is too tight

A

Tense/tight

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19
Q

What is damp and deficient and hits fingers without strength and Superficial ?

A

Soft/soggy

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20
Q

Excess pulse, excess heat, stagnation and deficient.
The irregular beats can be linked to anxiety attack.
Rapid and irregular

A

Abrupt/short

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21
Q

What is slow and irregular missed beats but comes back immediately.
Excess yin
Stagnation , could be tumor mass.
Vital qi deficient

A

Knotted

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22
Q

Not common and can happen when people are panicked.
Pulse is slow and weak pauses at regular intervals and will wait a beat to come back.
Excess can cause Emotional fear and fright

A

Regularly intermittent

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23
Q

What causes an intermittent pulse?

A

Deficiency of Zang Qi( 5 zang organs that store qi, xue(blood),Jinye(fluids)Jing(essence)Shen(spirit)
Excess wind,pain or fear

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24
Q

What causes a knotted pulse ?

A 
Excess yin(stagnation,cold)
Vital qi deficiency
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25
Q

What causes an abrupt pulse?

A

Excess and stagnation
Heat
Zang fu deficiency

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26
Q

What three pulses have stagnation and irregular beats

A

Abrupt
Knotted
Regularly intermittent

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27
Q

What causes a soft pulse ?

A

Damp and deficiency

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28
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What causes a weak pulse?

A

Deficiency of qi and blood

Vegan

29
Q

What causes a tense pulse?

A

Cold, pain and stagnation

30
Q

What deficient and damp pulse is thin and can be peri menopausal?

A

Thready.

31
Q

What stagnant pulse moves quickly inside the vessel and has damp and heat?

A

Rolling/slippery

32
Q

What excess pulse is slow and not smooth with irregular rhythm and strength and can threaten abortion?

A

Hesitant/choppy

33
Q

What excess pulse feels long and forceful and is linked to stress and emotions?

A

String/taut

34
Q

What causes a string/taut pulse ?

A

Liver /Gb disease

Excess

35
Q

What causes a hesitant pulse?

A

stagnation

Deficiency of essence

36
Q

What causes a rolling pulse ?

A

Food stagnation,damp and heat

37
Q

What causes a Thready pulse?

A

Deficiency and damp

Vegan/vegetarian

38
Q

What pulses are in the excess category

A 
Excess
Surging 
Rolling
String taut 
Abrupt
39
Q

What causes a superficial pulse?

A

Deficiency

40
Q

What pulse is exterior and deficient ?

A

Superficial

41
Q

What causes a deep pulse ?

A

Interior syndrome

42
Q

What pulse is interior and deep?

A

Deep

43
Q

What causes a slow pulse ?

A

Cold and qi deficiency

44
Q

What deficient pulse is cold and beast 3xper breath

A

Slow

45
Q

What causes a rapid pulse ?

A

Heat

46
Q

What pulse is fast, hot and can be linked to anxiety, beats 5xper breath?

A

Rapid

47
Q

What causes a deficient pulse?

A

Deficiency

48
Q

What pulse is deficient and forceless

A

Deficient

49
Q

What causes an excess pulse ?

A

Excess

50
Q

What excess pulse can be felt in all 3 positions and all 3 levels

A

Excess

51
Q

What causes a surging pulse?

A

Heat in the qi level

52
Q

What is Yang Ming pulse ?

A

Surging (big pulse,big thirst big sweat)

53
Q

Why would a pulse be wide?

A

Excess heat moves qi and blood to expand vessels.

54
Q

Why would a pulse be narrow/thin?

A

Insufficient yin makes Yang float out, blood fails to fill vessels.

55
Q

Depth, why would a pulse be superficial?

A

Yang pushing qi outward due to insufficiency of yin able to control yang.

56
Q

Why would a pulse be deep?

A

Yang qi deficient to push outward.

57
Q

Why would a pulse be forceful?

A

Stagnation of qi and blood build up or qi has to be excess to fight off invasion of pathogens.

58
Q

Why would pulse be forceless?

A

Qi deficiency which fails to fill and move blood

59
Q

Why would the pulse have a faster rate

A

Yang qi hyperactivity.

60
Q

Why would pulse rate be slow?

A

Yang qi deficiency or obstruction of yang by pathogenic cold.

61
Q

Why would a pulse be long?

A

Excess qi makes blood flow and overfill vessels

62
Q

Why would a pulse be short?

A

Qi deficiency fail to activate blood flow.

63
Q

Why would pulse have an irregular rhythm?

A

Heart qi fails to keep blood moving.

64
Q

Why would a pulse be taught?

A

Qi stagnation constricts vessels

65
Q

Why would pulse be slack?

A

Qi deficiency fails to move blood and fill vessels

66
Q

What changes shape of pulse?

A

Severe qi deficiency causes blood or essence fail to fill vessels and cause shape change

67
Q

What is a complex pulse?

A

A combination or two or more pulses

68
Q

What is a simple pulse?

A

One pulse opposed to a complex pulse of two or more.

Pulse Diagnosis (2 decks)

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