Pulse indication and feel

Question 1

What indications does a deficient (empty) pulse have?

Answer 1

Zheng qi is damaged causing qi or blood deficiency

Question 2

What does a Deficient pulse feel like

Answer 2

feels big but lacks strength (slow beats, soft and deficient when more pressure is applied)

Question 3

What is a drumskin pulse indication?

Answer 3

internal blood and Jing deficiency

Question 4

What does a drumskin pulse feel like?

Answer 4

feels large, hard and tight in the superficial level and empty at the deeper levels (floating, wiry and hallow)

Question 5

What is a feeble pulse indication?

Answer 5

yang qi xu, severe blood and qi deficiency,

Question 6

What does a feeble pulse feel like?

Answer 6

Extremely fine and soft
(like a piece of hair about to snap)

Question 7

What is a forceful (flooding) pulse indication?

Answer 7

Excess heat, empty heat, (exhaust qi)

Question 8

What does a forceful (flooding) pulse feel like?

Answer 8

Floating, rough and big beats that rise strong and leave with little strength
(a chiming bell that chimes and then fades)

Question 9

What does a hallow pulse feel like?

Answer 9

superficial, soft and disappears under pressure with an empty centre
(green onion stem)

Question 10

What is a hallow pulse indication?

Answer 10

Severe blood loss, blood deficiency

Question 11

What is a scattered pulse indication?

Answer 11

severe deficiency of qi, blood, and yuan qi

Question 12

What does a scattered pulse feel like?

Answer 12

superficial, large, with irregular beats, (chaotic) This pulse is indistinct without root

Question 13

What does a Soggy pulse feel like?

Answer 13

soft, superficial, forceless and thin (only felt in the superficial levels)

Question 14

What is a Soggy pulse indication? (same as soft)

Answer 14

Dampness from spleen qi deficiency

Question 15

Deep pulse indication

Answer 15

Interior syndrome

Question 16

Deep pulse feel

Answer 16

only felt with heavy pressure near the bone

Question 17

Forceful pulse indication
(full, excess)

Answer 17

Excess conditions (heat, yang qi)

Question 18

Forceful pulse feel

Answer 18

forceful and hard at all 3 levels
(powerful wave crashing into the shore)

Question 19

Firm pulse indication

Answer 19

Interior cold, pain or stagnation (extreme excess)

Question 20

Firm pulse feel

Answer 20

Deep, taut and forceful
(bowstring under tension or a snake under a mattress)

Question 21

Hidden pulse indication

Answer 21

Severe yang deficiency , internal accumulation of cold

Question 22

Hidden pulse feel

Answer 22

Very deep, difficult to feel, bone level

Question 23

Thready pulse feel

Answer 23

Fine, thin soft and deep
(silk thread)

Question 24

Thready pulse indication

Answer 24

Blood, qi, and yin deficiency,

Question 25

Weak pulse indication

Answer 25

Qi, yang, blood, Jing deficiency

Question 26

Weak pulse feel

Answer 26

deep, thin, forceless, soft. not felt in the superficial level

Question 27

Rapid pulse indication

Answer 27

Heat or fire , empty heat

Question 28

Rapid pulse feel

Answer 28

more than 5 beats per breath (hooves of a racing horse)

Question 29

Moving pulse indication

Answer 29

Ht palpitation, frights, shock, pain

Question 30

Moving pulse feel

Answer 30

like a bean, short round and slippery (throbs abruptly)

Question 31

Racing (skipping) pulse indication

Answer 31

Excess heat, heart fire (Excess yang exhausting yin)

Question 32

Racing (skipping) pulse feel

Answer 32

Rapid, skips beats irregularly (Fleeing rabbit)

Question 33

Slippery pulse feel

Answer 33

Round and smooth and flows evenly (almost oily feeling)

Question 34

Slippery pulse indication

Answer 34

Phlegm, damp, food retention, pregnancy, excess heat

Question 35

Tight pulse feel

Answer 35

Taut, forcefully, rises and falls without strength and vibrates left and right (feels like a twisted rope) This pulse is wider than wiry

Question 36

Tight pulse indication

Answer 36

excess cold causing cold or blocking yang qi

Question 37

Choppy pulse indication

Answer 37

Blood stasis, qi stagnation, blood deficiency

Question 38

Choppy pulse feel

Answer 38

Uneven, irregular, rough, on the slower side (knife scrapping bamboo)

Question 39

Intermittent pulse feel

Answer 39

Regularly skips beats )pause between beats can be concerningly long) (Skipping rope)

Question 40

Intermittent Pulse indications

Answer 40

damaged qi and blood or deficiency of yang, Heart disease

Question 41

Knotted pulse feel

Answer 41

Slow, skips beats at irregular intervals (a broken clock ticking)

Question 42

Knotted pulse indication

Answer 42

Obstruction of qi, blood, phlegm, cold or deficiency of qi and blood

Question 43

Moderate pulse feel

Answer 43

balanced, even, steady (gentle waves on a calm sea)

Question 44

Moderate pulse indication

Answer 44

Healthy or some mild dampness

Question 45

Slow pulse feel

Answer 45

fewer than 4 beats per breath (slow drip from a tap)

Question 46

Slow pulse indications

Answer 46

Cold patter, yang xu

Question 47

Long pulse indication

Answer 47

Excess heat

Question 48

Long pulse feel

Answer 48

Felt beyond the 3 positions

Question 49

Short pulse feel

Answer 49

does not extend the normal range (half finished sentence)

Question 50

Short pulse indication

Answer 50

Qi deficiency or stagnation

Question 51

Wiry pulse indication

Answer 51

LV/GB disharmony, pain, phlegm, stagnation

Question 52

Wiry pulse feel

Answer 52

Taut, long and strong, no fluidity in the movement, hits fingers evenly (guitar string)

Question 53

Large pulse feel

Answer 53

Full, broad, distinct (swollen river after heavy rain)

Question 54

Large pulse indication

Answer 54

Excess heat