Pulses- Know them COLD! Flashcards
0
Q
Superficial + Xu + Weak
A
Yin Xu
1
Q
Superficial
A
- Yin Xu
- Invasion of wind
2
Q
Deep + Excess
A
- Pathogenic factor in the interior
3
Q
Deep + Weak
A
- Yang Xu
4
Q
Slow
A
- Cold!
5
Q
Slow + Weak
A
- Xu Cold
6
Q
Slow + Excess
A
Excess Cold
7
Q
Rapid
A
Heat
8
Q
Rapid + Excess
A
Excess Heat
9
Q
Rapid + Superficial + Xu
A
-Xu Heat
10
Q
Xu (Empty)
A
- Qi Xu
- Blood Xu
- Yin Xu
11
Q
Xu + Deep
A
- Yang Xu
12
Q
Excess
A
-Excess
13
Q
Excess + Rapid
A
- Excess Heat
14
Q
Excess + Slow
A
- Excess Cold
15
Q
Surging (Overflowing)
A
- Excess Heat consuming the fluids
- Qi sinking
16
Q
Surging + Xu
A
- Xu Heat
17
Q
Thready
A
- Blood Xu
- Qi Xu
~ any xu
18
Q
Thready + Rapid
A
- Yin Xu
19
Q
Thready + Deep
A
- Yang Xu
20
Q
Rolling
A
- Phlegm
- Dampness
- Heat
- Retention of Food
- Pregnancy
21
Q
Hesitant (Choppy)
A
- Blood Xu
- Blood Stasis
exhaustion of body fluids
22
Q
String-Taut
A
- Liver Disharmony (NOT LQS, but Liver disorders)
- Pain
- Phlegm
23
Q
Tense
A
- Cold
- Pain
(esp. Pain from Cold)
24
Tense + Superficial
- Exterior Cold
25
Tense + Excess + Deep
- Interior Excess Cold
26
Tense + Weak + Deep
- Interior Xu Cold
27
Soft (Soggy)
- Dampness with Qi Xu
| * yin xu, essence xu*
28
Weak
- Blood Xu
- Yang Xu
~ any xu (Qi Xu)
29
Weak + Superficial
- Yin Xu
30
Weak + Deep
- Yang Xu
31
Abrupt
- Heart Qi Xu
- Heart Fire
*severe Heat*
32
Knotted
- Heart Blood Stasis
- Heart Blood Xu
*cold with heart yang xu*
33
Regularly-Intermittent
- Serious problem in Internal Organ
- 4 Beats or less call 911
*heart problem in western medical sense*
