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OM173 Tongue & Pulse SU 23 > w8.h1 - Lesson 5 & w11.h1 - Lesson 6: Complex Pulses > Flashcards

w8.h1 - Lesson 5 & w11.h1 - Lesson 6: Complex Pulses Flashcards

1
Q

Choose the 3 most accurate statements.

a) A pulse that is slack or loose indicates qi and blood deficiency
b) A pulse that is slack or loose indicates yin deficiency
c) A pulse that is taut or has tension indicates qi and blood stagnation
d) A pulse that is taut or has tension indicates blood vessel constriction

A

a) A pulse that is slack or loose indicates qi and blood deficiency
c) A pulse that is taut or has tension indicates qi and blood stagnation
d) A pulse that is taut or has tension indicates blood vessel constriction

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2
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Choose the 3 best statements to complete the sentence.

A wiry or string-taut pulse feels:

a) “Like a string on a musical istrument.”
b) Long, forceful and vibrating
c) Like a straight line
d) Taut, long and forceful

A

a) “Like a string on musical istrument.”
c) Like a straight line
d) Taut, long and forceful

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3
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Choose the 2 best statements to complete the sentence.

A wiry or string-taut pulse indicates:

a) Normal in Summer
b) Phlegm, Pain or Malaria
c) Qi and Blood deficiency
d) Liver/Gallbladder disease

A

b) Phlegm, Pain or Malaria
d) Liver/Gallbladder disease

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4
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Choose the best statement to complete the sentence.

A tight or tense pulse feels:

a) “Like a string on a musical istrument.”
b) Vibrating, rising and falling with strength
c) Rapid
d) Round, rolling

A

b) Vibrating, rising and falling with strength

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5
Q

Choose the 2 best statements to complete the sentence.

A tight or tense pulse indicates:

a) Pain or Heat Pattern
b) Pain or Cold Pattern
c) Food Stagnation
d) Phlegm Stagnation

A

b) Pain or Cold Pattern
c) Food Stagnation

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6
Q

Choose the 2 best statements to complete the sentence.

A leather pulse feels:

a) Deep, flat and forceful
b) Vibrating, rising and falling with strength
c) Superficial, forceful, taut, wide and hollow
d) Like a drumskin

A

c) Superficial, forceful, taut, wide and hollow
d) Like a drumskin

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7
Q

Choose the 2 best statements to complete the sentence.

A leather pulse indicates:

a) Excess Pattern
b) Deficiency Pattern
c) Qi and Blood Stagnation
d) Blood Loss

A

b) Deficiency Pattern
d) Blood Loss

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8
Q

Choose the 3 best statements to complete the sentence.

A rapid irregular or abrupt pulse feels:

a) Possibly forceful or forceless
b) Hasty
c) Hesitant
d) Fast with missed steps

A

a) Possibly forceful or forceless
b) Hasty
d) Fast with missed steps

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9
Q

Choose the 2 best statements to complete the sentence.

A rapid irregular or abrupt pulse indicates:

a) If also forceful, then excess heat or stagnation
b) If also forceful, then excess cold
c) If also forceless, then qi or blood deficiency
d) If also forceless, then yin and yang disharmony

A

a) If also forceful, then excess heat or stagnation
d) If also forceless, then yin and yang disharmony

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10
Q

Choose the 2 best statements to complete the sentence.

A slow irregular or knotted pulse indicates:

a) Heart qi deficiency
b) Liver blood deficiency
c) Heat or Yang Rising
d) Cold, Stagnation or Tumor

A

a) Heart qi deficiency
d) Cold, Stagnation or Tumor

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11
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Choose the best statements to complete the sentence.

A choppy or hesitant pulse feels:

a) Irregular in rate, strength and size
b) Uneven, unsmooth, changing rapidly
c) Rough, Sluggish
d) Forceful or Forceless

A

a) Irregular in rate, strength and size
b) Uneven, unsmooth, changing rapidly
c) Rough, Sluggish
d) Forceful or Forceless

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12
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Choose the 2 best statements to complete the sentence.

A choppy or hesitant pulse:

a) If also forceful, indicates qi and blood stagnation, food stagnation or phlegm retention
b) If also forceful, indicates excess heat or cold
c) If also forceless, indicates Spleen qi deficiency with dampness
d) If also forceless, indicates blood or essence deficiency, threatened abortion or seminal emission

A

a) If also forceful, indicates qi and blood stagnation, food stagnation or phlegm retention
d) If also forceless, indicates blood or essence deficiency, threatened abortion or seminal emission

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13
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Choose the 2 best statements to complete the sentence.

A flooding or surging pulse feels:

a) Gently rising with a burst of force
b) Wide, forceful and easily felt at the superficial level
c) Fades gently
d) Symmetrical when it rises and falls

A

b) Wide, forceful and easily felt at the superficial level
c) Fades gently

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14
Q

Choose the 2 best statements to complete the sentence.

A flooding or surging pulse indicates:

a) Excess Damp in the qi level
b) Excess Heat in the qi level
c) Acute infection
d) Possibly normal in the Spring

A

b) Excess Heat in the qi level
c) Acute infection

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15
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Choose the best answers.

Which 4 pulses are accurately paired with their descriptions?

a) Soggy/Soft - superficial, thin and forceless
b) Frail/Weak - superficial, very thin and forceless
c) Faint - vague with more pressure, very thin and forceless
d) Scattered - superficial, wide, slack, vague and forceless
e) Hollow - superficial, wide and soft, obscure center

A

a) Soggy/Soft - superficial, thin and forceless
c) Faint - vague with more pressure, very thin and forceless
d) Scattered - superficial, wide, slack, vague and forceless
e) Hollow - superficial, wide and soft, obscure center

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16
Q

Choose the 2 best statements to complete the sentence.

A soggy or soft pulse indicates:

a) threatened pregnancy
b) dampness obstructing qi and blood flow
c) deficiency of qi, blood or yin
d) normal for a young or strong patient

A

b) dampness obstructing qi and blood flow
c) deficiency of qi, blood or yin

17
Q

Choose the 2 best statements to complete the sentence.

A frail or weak pulse indicates:

a) possible blood loss, profuse sweating or severe vomiting
b) hypertension or hypotension
c) deficiency of qi, blood, yin or yang
d) deficiency of essence

A

a) possible blood loss, profuse sweating or severe vomiting
c) deficiency of qi, blood, yin or yang

18
Q

Choose the 2 best statements to complete the sentence.

A faint or minute pulse indicates:

a) possible blood loss, profuse sweating or severe vomiting
b) hypertension or hypotension
c) deficiency of qi, blood, yin or yang
d) deficiency of essence

A

a) possible blood loss, profuse sweating or severe vomiting
c) deficiency of qi, blood, yin or yang

19
Q

Choose the 2 best statements to complete the sentence.

A scattered pulse indicates:

a) Zang Fu organ failure
b) Shen disturbance
c) exhaustion of qi
d) internal wind

A

a) Zang Fu organ failure
c) exhaustion of qi

20
Q

Choose the 3 best statements to complete the sentence.

A scattered pulse may be:

a) potential miscarriage if in 2nd trimester
b) Cardiovascular, Heart disease
c) Imminent labor if in 3rd trimester
d) emotional shock

A

a) potential miscarriage if in 2nd trimester
b) Cardiovascular, Heart disease
c) Imminent labor if in 3rd trimester

21
Q

Choose the 2 best statements to complete the sentence.

A hollow pulse:

a) if also forceless, indicates loss of qi
b) if also forceless, indicates loss of blood
c) if also rapid, indicates yin depletion
d) if also rapid, indicates yang exhaustion

A

b) if also forceless, indicates loss of blood
c) if also rapid, indicates yin depletion

22
Q

Choose the best statements to complete the sentence.

A moderate, leisurely pulse:

a) usually also has other pulse qualities
b) Spleen and Stomach deficiency
c) dampness
d) may be normal

A

a) usually also has other pulse qualities
b) Spleen and Stomach deficiency
c) dampness
d) may be normal

23
Q

Choose the 2 best statements to complete the sentence.

A moving pulse:

a) is “like a bean bouncing in the vessel, with well-defined peaks, but without head or tail.”
b) Long, slow, slippery and forceful
c) may be due to pain or fright
d) may be normal in the 2nd trimester of a pregnant woman

A

a) is “like a bean bouncing in the vessel, with well-defined peaks, but without head or tail.”
c) may be due to pain or fright

24
Q

Choose the 3 best statements to complete the sentence.

A confined pulse:

a) is deep, taut, long, wide and forceful
b) may be due to arteriosclerosis, chronic nephritis, hernia or mass
c) indicates an interior excess heat syndrome
d) indicates an interior excess cold syndrome

A

a) is deep, taut, long, wide and forceful
b) may be due to arteriosclerosis, chronic nephritis, hernia or mass
d) indicates an interior excess cold syndrome

OM173 Tongue & Pulse SU 23 (12 decks)

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