TCM150-Pulse Flashcards

1
Q

Spring (wood) pulse?

A

Wiry

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2
Q

Summer (fire) pulse?

A

Flooding

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3
Q

Late summer (earth) pulse?

A

Slippery

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4
Q

Autumn (metal) pulse?

A

Floating

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5
Q

Winter (water) pulse?

A

Sinking

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6
Q

Exterior yang pulse?

A

Floating

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7
Q

Interior yin pulse?

A

Sinking

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8
Q

Deep + weak pulse?

A

Interior deficiency

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9
Q

Deep + strong pulse?

A

Interior excess

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10
Q

Slow + forceful pulse?

A

cold excess

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11
Q

Slow + weak pulse?

A

cold deficiency

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12
Q

Rapid + forceful pulse?

A

heat excess

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13
Q

Rapid + weak pulse?

A

heat deficiency

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14
Q

Swift pulse?

A

Extreme heat + yin exhaustion nearing Qi collapse
(120-180 bam, 7/8 beats/breath)

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15
Q

Empty pulse?

A

Deficiency (Qi, blood, Tang, yin)

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16
Q

Strong pulse?

A

Excess (cold, heat, phlegm, Qi, blood, food stagnation)

17
Q

Minute pulse?

A

Deficiency syndrome
(barely palpable at any level)

18
Q

Frail pulse?

A

Qi + blood deficiency
(only palpable at deep level)

19
Q

Hidden pulse?

A

Thready + hardly palpable
(only felt very deep)

20
Q

Hallo/ onion stalk pulse?

A

Loss of blood/ impairment of yin
(superficial + deep levels only felt)
- not enough substance to travel in artery (no middle pulse)

21
Q

Moving/ spinning bean pulse?

A

Round shape like a bean, feeling short, slippery, rapid + forceful

22
Q

Slippery/ rolling pulse?

A

Phlegm + fluid retention, excess heat, food stagnation, pregnancy

23
Q

Soggy/ soft pulse?

A

Deficiency OR damp accumulation

24
Q

Flooding/ tidal pulse?

A

excess heat
waves come on strong + powerful and fade away like a tidal wave

25
Q

Thready/ thin pulse?

A

Deficiency or damp. (qi, blood, yin)

26
Q

Wiry pulse?

A

feels like string of instrument
Liver + GB disease, pain, malaria or phlegm + damp retention

27
Q

Choppy/ rough/ hesitant

A

qi + blood stagnation, food stagnation, phlegm retention. essence impairment, blood deficiency

28
Q

Tympanic/ Leather

A

large, hallow + taut (drum surface) felt at superficial level
loss of blood, impairment of essence

29
Q

Confined/ fixed/ prison pulse?

A

long, taut + forceful at deep level
Cold accumulation
Qi/ blood stagnation

30
Q

Scattered pulse?

A

Scattered/ uneven

Qi exhaustion

31
Q

Tight/ tense

A

tight + forceful like stretched rope

Cold syndrome, pain, food stagnation

32
Q

Long pulse?

A

liver yang hyperactive
Excess heat syndrome

33
Q

Short pulse?

A

Qi stagnation/ deficiency

34
Q

Hurried/ abrupt?

A

excess heat
qi blood stagnation
phlegm retention
food stagnation

35
Q

knotted pulse?

A

excess yin (cold)
qi stagnation
cold phlegm mention
blood stagnation

36
Q

Intermittent/ regularly intermittent pulse

A

zang qi deficincy
wind syndrom
pain
injury/ trauma
emotional fear/ fright