Pulse Synergy Book Flashcards

Question

Sunken

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Right Chi | Water seeks the lower levels

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Wood | Extended straightness due to its extended growth and development

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Left Guan, wiry Often appears in young people during growth periods and in people with constitutionally thin body types. Like touching a guitar string Wiry refers to the length and straightness Should be moderately pliable and moderately thick.

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Hooked indicates the Qi of the Heart is strong and prosperous. As the vessel proceeds from Chi to Cun positions the shape of the Cun position is relatively surfaced and floating compared to that of the Chi position (hence the vessel appears to rise slightly as one finger's follow its contours from Cun to Chi. Appears most noticeably in people with short strong bodies Because of its relation to the lungs, both the left sided vessels should display the Hooked Characteristic. The hooked pulse should be inspected with regard to the relative elevation that occurs between the high and low points. Highest point should be in Cun position. If highest point occurs in Chi positiont = Reverse Fire Pulse or Reverse Hook Pulse

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Even Pulse = spleen, Right Guan Earth = center so should be even and regular Smoothness - as if its jump is moving forward, slightly rolling, soft, gentle, even and steady, not excessive and not lacking

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Metal pulse = lungs Right cun, BUOYANT - jump is discernable upon light pressure, however softer than fire pulse. Does not disperse upon light pressure. - presses up against the fingers through floating, mid and deep levels of the vessel. If Metal suffers with dryness then only the floating level is discerned

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Kidney, Sunken pulse - deeper than Cun and Guan positions - should have a strong jump in the Deep position - should have strength but not be too thin, too hard or too soft

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- left guan position appears wiry, fast and floating | - pulse disappears under pressure

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- left guan position appears wiry, thick, floating and fast | - upon deeper pressure its strength is maintained

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- left guan position appears wiry, big and hard - hard and strong - degree of hardness is important = high blood pressure - use Di Tan Tang (Formulas that Clear Heat and Open the Orifices)

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rapid and hooked, left cun - strong at both superficial and deep levels - blood should be treated: clear heat, resolve toxins and cool the blood

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- left cun - excessive perspiration of hands and feet = kidney and heart fire - clear kidney and heart fire with Liu Wei di Huang Wan and Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan

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- left cun - Pulse is hooked and rapid - inflammation and the formation of purulent pus in the body - check for hyperthyroidism first before beginning treatment - use Xian Fang Huo Ming Shi (Formulas that treat abcesses and sores)

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- left cun - hooked, floating and thin - upon deeper pressure the middle is strengthless - caused by excessive use of intellect - use Yang Xin Tang or Tian Wan Bu Xin Tang

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- left cun | - may be indicative of heart blood insufficiency d/t insufficient yin with a yang excess leading to fire

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- the hook pulse will change to a shrinking and a reverse hook pulse may appear - decrease in intellectual functions such as loss of concentration, inability to make decisions - tonify Heart and Kidney yang - Shi Quan Da Bu Wan (ten Perfect big tonify formula) Formulas that tonify Qi and blood deficiency with cold - tonify qi and blood; warm yang and dispel cold

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- if an exceedingly hooked pulse occurs at the right cun then it indicates restraint of metal by fire

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- tai yin = dampness (deep) - it's nature is heavy, turbid and sluggish - hard to cure - assaults Yang Qi and causes stagnation

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- exterior dampness occurs d/t exposure to damp conditions over extended periods of time - both left and right cun, guan and chi positions may be deep when there is atmospheric dampness

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- right guan pulse will appear deep when damp assaults the stomach or large intestines- over consumption of cold or damp food such as alcohol or a rich greasy diet inhibits the middle warmer's transporting function - causes the inhibition of yang yi leading to interior dampness

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right guan deep | deep short pulse in right cun while righ guan remains deep

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- right guan | - deep wiry strong pulse

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Right Chi wiry, deep and long | Use Huang Qi Tang

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Right Guan deep and soft Joint pain with dampness Expel dampness

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Strong and flowing pulse | Dampness for a long period of time + heat - changes the constitution and leads to phlegm in middle burner

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Right guan deep and strengthless Spleen qi xu d/t middle burner being unable to transport the fluids of the stomach leading to dampness obstructing the middle burner Sx: diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and a pale complexion.

Answer 27

Right Deep, thin and weak pulse

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Deep and dispersing pulse shows dampness and deficiency heat d/t stagnation Tx: Circulate blood and expel dampness Er Zhu Tang:

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Right guan - Deep wiry strong pulse

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Right guan: pulse is deep however at mid level a strengthless wiry pulse appears

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Appears only in right chi and left cun positions. Big, long, hard and forceful. Long exceeds the chi position by several inches. Left Cun: Length is long and continues to the wrist crease Right chi: Length is long and continues up to the elbow

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Right chi: Big, long, hard and forceful. Length continues up to the elbow

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Left cun: Big, long, hard and forceful. Length continues to the wrist crease Cold and weakness of the Small intestine SX: gas, indigestion, enteritis, diarrhea, blood in the stool

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Pulses feels like a camel's hump Indicates that the function of the body's vita;energy is not smooth and cannot penetrate the upper and lower regions Yang is metal and corresponds to contraction If digestion promoting herbs don't make any difference in the pulse, then may be a spasm, obstruction in the lower intestine or cancer of the stomach.

Answer 35

Right guan: short and floating

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Right guan: short and hard

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Right guan: short and jumping with strength = interior fire

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``` Pulse is big and floating Big = thickness and strength Floating = Qi in upper and exterior regions - often wiry d/t liver and GB fire - may appear in any position - corrupt and pernicious fire ```

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Jump and shape: thick, floating, deep, hard , strong and fast Floating: forceful Middle: firm Deep: struggling to emerge Nature: Expansion Image: raging fire - apparent upon very light touch. Upon heavier presssure its jump increases in strength. Strength is apparent at both surface and deep levels.

Answer 40

- excess heat of both ext and int - excitation of Blood and Qi - qi in a state of expansion. - Fire Qi is abundant - appears in patients with hypertension before the onset of a stroke, before the blood vessels of the brain burst TX: Let blood at appropriate acupuncture loci in order to temporarily relieve the acute repletion

Answer 41

Jump and shape = thick, soft, slow, weak, could be deep or floating, stagnating Floating: vacuous (or perhaps slightly floating) Middle: vacuous Deep: vacuous Nature: Disseminating Image: smouldering fire - soft and disperse upon the slightest amount of pressure. Wide and vacuous. Circumference not clear. Often palpable only upon deep pressure - may appear on the right and left radian vessels, usually only in one position

Answer 42

Vacuity heat pattern brought on by lingering blood stasis or deep damp stasis, which may over time give rise to vacuity heat - indicates chronic inflammation at the position it appears eg right cun, deep and dispersed = chronic bronchitis or genital and urinary infection, dispersing at left chi - also appears with bone fractures - also blood circulation system that is slow, obstructed and weak - also slow metabolism TX: Clear heat, move blood & break blood stasis Free the flow of the meridians

Answer 43

Often left cun = constricted state of Heart's blood vessels Jump and shape = thin, floating or deep, hard or soft, strong or weak Floating = can be any shape Middle = fine and tight Deep: vacuous Nature: Contracting Image: Frozen stream - felt as a fine firm string of smaller diameter than the vessel itself, like a pulse within a pulse - may occur in one individual position on either left or right sides - place one's fingers upon the vessel and lightly apply pressure, then roll the fingers to and fro across it's width, searching with the finger tips, alternating between light and heavy pressure through the three levels of the vessel - may also give the impression of two vessels existing side by side, one being fine and contracted in contrast to the large one

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Cold excess pattern - signifies the decline of an organs function - nervous and internal secretion functions are suppressed. Decline of life as winter approaches - cold has entered the entire body deeply or a particular region is extremely contracted TX: warm and dissipate cold using pungent herbs to open the exterior and release the pathogen - if on LEFT CUN = cold pathogen assaulting the Heart - if long standing = pain in the chest, stabbing heart pain

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Jump and shape = thin, more often deep, soft, weak, slow, stagnating Floating = unnoticeable Middle = fine and frail, faint pulsing Deep: cessation of pulsing Nature: gentle decline Image: a dying stream - fine, like a silk thread under the finger. It's jump is without strength and upon increased pressure it ceases. It's jump is imperceivable upon light palpation. Both wrists at any position

Answer 46

Cold deficiency condition. If on right could be Lung or Spleen Qi deficiency.