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Cards in this set: Term Superficial (CAM) / Floating (Gio) Definition Easily felt with a gentle touch Indicates: EXTERIOR SYNDROMES PRESENT AT EARLY STAGE OF EXOGENOUS DISEASE. FELT WITH A LIGHT PRESSURE OF THE FINGERS, JUST RESTING THE FINGERS ON THE ARTERY INDICATES : EXTERIOR PATTERN FROM AN INVASION BY AN EXTERIOR PATHOGENIC FACTOR Term FLOATING AND TIGHT (gio) Definition INDICATES : WIND-COLD Term FLOATING AND RAPID (Gio) Definition INDICATES : WIND-HEAT Term SUPERFICIAL, LARGE AND WEAK (CAM) FLOATING AT THE SUPERFICIAL LEVEL, BUT EMPTY AT THE DEEP LEVEL (GIO) Definition INDICATES : PROLONGED ENDOGENOUS DISEASE, OUTWARD FLOATING OF YANG QI CRITICAL SIGN INDICATES : INTERIOR CONDITIONS RARE: CANCER, ANEMIA Term DEEP PULSE (CAM) / DEEP (Gio) Definition FELT ONLY ON HEAVY PRESSURE INDICATES : INTERIOR SYNDROMES FELT ONLY WITH A HEAVY PRESSURE OF THE FINGERS AND IS FELT NEAR THE BONE INDICATES : INTERIOR CONDITIONS, PROBLEM IS IN THE YIN ORGANS FELT ONLY WITH A HEAVY PRESSURE OF THE FINGERS AND IS FELT NEAR THE BONE INDICATES : INTERIOR CONDITIONS, PROBLEM IS IN THE YIN ORGANS Term DEEP AND FORCEFUL (CAM) DEEP AND FULL (Gio) Definition INDICATES : INTERIOR SYNDROMES OF THE EXCESS TYPE iNDICATES : STASIS OF QI OR BLOOD IN THE INTERIOR, INTERIOR COLD, INTERIOR HEAT Term DEEP AND WEAK (CAM) / DEEP AND WEAK (Gio) Definition INDICATES : INTERIOR SYNDROMES OF THE DEFICIENT TYPE INDICATES : DEFICIENCY OF QI AND YANG Term SLOW PULSE (CAM and Gio) Definition SLOW, WITH LESS THAN FOUR BEATS PER BREATH, LESS THAN 60 BEATS PER MINUTE INDICATES :COLD SYNDROMES FELT ONLY WITH HEAVY PRESSURE AND IS FELT NEAR THE BONE INDICATES : INTERIOR CONDITIONS, PROBLEM IS IN THE YIN ORGANS Term SLOW AND FORCEFUL (CAM) SLOW AND FULL (GIO) Definition INDICATES : INTERIOR SYNDROMES OF THE EXCESS TYPE INDICATES FULL-COLD CAUSED BY RETENTION OF YIN COLD IN THE INTERIOR Term SLOW AND WEAK (CAM, Gio) Definition INDICATES : INTERIOR SYNDROME OF THE DEFICIENT TYPE DUE TO DEFICIENCY OF YANG QI INDICATES :EMPTY-COLD FROM DEFICIENCY OF YANG Term RAPID PULSE (CAM, Gio) Definition QUICK, MORE THAN 5 BEATS PER BREATH; MORE THAN 90 BEATS PER MINUTE INDICATES: HEAT SYNDROMES MORE THAN FIVE BEATS PER EACH RESPIRATION CYCLE INDICATES : HEAT PATTERN Term RAPID AND FORCEFUL (CAM) / RAPID AND FULL (Gio) Definition INDICATES : EXCESS HEAT RETAINED IN THE INTERIOR & ANTIPATHOGENIC QI IS STILL STRONG INDICATES: FULL-HEAT Term RAPID AND WEAK CAM) / RAPID, FLOATING AND EMPTY (Gio) Definition INDICATES : DEFICIENCY OF YIN IN PROLONGED ILLNESS INDICATES : EMPTY HEAT FROM YIN DEFICIENCY Term RAPID, LARGE, WEAK AND EMPTY PULSE (CAM) Definition INDICATES :OUTWARD FLOATING OF DEFICIENT YANG Term DEFICIENCY TYPE PULSE (CAM) / EMPTY (Gio) Definition GENERAL TERM FOR ALL THE FORCELESS PULSES FELT ON THE THREE REGIONS and LEVELS OF PRESSURE INDICATES : DEFICIENCY OF QI AND BLOOD CAUSING DEFICIENCY TYPE SYNDROMES FEELS RATHER BIG BUT FEELS EMPTY ON A SLIGHTLY STRONG PRESSURE AND IS SOFT INDICATES : QI DEFICIENCY Term EXCESS (CAM) / FULL (GIO) Definition GENERAL TERM FOR ALL THE FORCEFUL PULSES FELT ON THE THREE REGIONS AND THREE LEVELS OF PRESSURE INDICATES : EXCESSIVE QI AND BLOOD CAUSED BY STRONG ANTIPATHOGENIC QI AGAINST THE HYPERACTIVE PATHOGENIC FACTOR FEELS FULL, RATHER HARD AND RATHER LONG INDICATES : FULL PATTERN Term SURGING PULSE (CAM) / OVERFLOWING (GIO) Definition BROAD, LARGE, AND FORCEFUL, LIKE ROARING WAVES WHICH COME ON POWERFULLY AND FADE AWAY INDICATES: EXCESSIVE HEAT FEELS BIG, LIKE IT OVERFLOWS INDICATES: EXTREME HEAT. FREQUENTLY APPEARS DURING FEVER FELT IN CHRONIC DISEASES CHARACTERIZED BY INTERIOR HEAT Term SURGING AND RAPID (CAM) Definition INDICATES : EXCESSIVE HEAT Term LARGE PULSE (CAM) / OVERFLOWING BUT EMPTY (GIO) Definition SURGING PULSE THAT LACKS THE MOMENTUM OF ROARING WAVES INDICATES :EXCESSIVE HEAT INDICATES : EMPTY-HEAT FROM YIN DEFICIENCY Term THREADY PULSE (CAM) / Fine (GIO) Definition FEELS LIKE A FINE THREAD BUT IS VERY DISTINCT AND CLEAR INDICATES : DEFICIENCY DUE TO OVERSTRAIN AND STRESS, DEFICIENCY OF QI AND BLOOD, FOUND IN WEAK PATIENTS WITH WEAK BODY CONSTITUTION IN A PROLONGED ILLNESS MANIFESTING AS YIN DEFICIENCY AND BLOOD DEFICIENCY THINNER THAN NORMAL INDICATES : DEFICIENCY OF BLOOD, MAY INDICATE INTERNAL DAMPNESS WITH SEVERE DEFICIENCY OF QI Term ROLLING (CAM) / SLIPPERY (GIO) Definition FEELS SMOOTH AND FLOWING LIKE PEARLS ROLLING ON A DISH INDICATES : PHLEGM AND RETAINED FLUID, RETENTION OF FOOD, EXCESSIVE HEAT FEELS SMOOTH, ROUNDED, AND SLIPPERY TO THE TOUCH, AS IF IT WERE OILY. IT SLIDES UNDER THE FINGERS. INDICATES : PHLEGM, DAMPNESS, RETENTION OF FOOD, PREGNANCY Term SLIPPERY AND WEAK (GIO) Definition INDICATES : PHLEGM OR DAMPNESS WITH A BACKGROUND OF QI DEFICIENCY Term ROLLING PULSE IN WOMEN DURING PREGNANCY (CAM) Definition INDICATES : SUFFICIENT AND HARMONIOUS QI AND BLOOD Term HESITANT PULSE (CAM) / CHOPPY PULSE (GIO) Definition FEELS ROUGH AND UNEVEN INDICATES : STAGNATION OF QI AND BLOOD, ESSENCE IS IMPAIRED, BLOOD IS INSUFFICIENT FEELS ROUGH UNDER THE FINGER, IT HAS A JAGGED EDGE TO IT INDICATES : DEFICIENCY OF BLOOD, EXHAUSTION OF FLUIDS, MAY OCCUR AFTER PROFUSE AND PROLONGED SWEATING OR VOMITING Term HESITANT AND FORCEFUL (CAM) Definition INDICATES : STAGNATION OF QI AND BLOOD Term HESITANT AND WEAK (CAM) Definition INDICATES : ESSENCE IS IMPAIRED, BLOOD IS INSUFFICIENT Term STRING-TAUT PULSE (CAM) / WIRY (GIO) Definition FEELS TAUT, STRAIGHT AND LONG, GIVING THE FEELING OF A STRING OF A VIOLIN. INDICATES : DISORDERS OF THE LIVER AND GALL BLADDER, PAINFUL SYNDROMES, PHLEGM AND RETAINED FLUID FEELS TAUT LIKE A GUITAR STRING INDICATES : LIVER DISHARMONY, PAIN, PHLEGM Term TENSE PULSE (CAM) / TIGHT PULSE (GIO) Definition FEELS TIGHT AND FORCEFUL LIKE A STRETCHED ROPE INDICATES : COLD, PAIN, RETENTION OF FOOD FEELS TWISTED LIKE A THICK ROPE INDICATES : COLD, FREQUENTLY FELT IN ASTHMA FROM COLD IN THE LUNGS • FREQUENTLY FELT IN STOMACH CONDITIONS FROM COLD, INDICATES PAIN FROM AN INTERIOR CONDITION Term TIGHT, WEAK, AND DEEP (GIO) Definition INDICATES : INTERIOR EMPTY-COLD Term SOFT PULSE (CAM) / SOGGY/WEAK-FLOATING (GIO) Definition SUPERFICIAL AND THREADY, AND HITS THE FINGERS WITHOUT STRENGTH INDICATES : DAMP DISORDERS CAN BE FELT ONLY ON THE SUPERFICIAL LEVEL. IT FEELS VERY SOFT AND IS ONLY SLIGHTLY FLOATING. IT DISAPPEARS WHEN A STRONGER PRESSURE IS APPLIED TO FEEL THE DEEP LEVEL. INDICATES : PRESENCE OF DAMPNESS WHEN THIS PATHOGENIC FACTOR OCCURS AGAINST A BACKGROUND OF QI DEFICIENCY Term WEAK PULSE (CAM / GIO) Definition DEEP AND THREADY AND HITS THE FINGERS WITHOUT STRENGTH INDICATES :VARIOUS SYNDROMES DUE TO DEFICIENCY OF BOTH QI AND BLOOD CANNOT BE FELT ON THE SUPERFICIAL LEVEL, BUT ONLY AT THE DEEP LEVEL. INDICATES : DEFICIENCY OF YANG, SOMETIMES DEFICIENCY OF BLOOD Term ABRUPT PULSE (CAM) / HASTY (GIO) Definition FEELS HURRIED AND RAPID WITH IRREGULARLY MISSED BEATS. RAPID AND IT STOPS AT IRREGULAR INTERVALS INDICATES : EXTREME HEAT, DEFICIENCY OF HEART QI, CONDITIONS OF HEART FIRE INDICATES : EXCESSIVE YANG HEAT, STAGNATION OF QI AND BLOOD, RETENTION OF PHLEGM OR FOOD Term ABRUPT AND FORCEFUL (CAM) Definition INDICATES : HEAT SYNDROMES OF EXCESSIVE TYPE DUE TO: STAGNATION OF QI AND BLOOD, RETENTION OF PHLEGM OR FOOD, SWELLING AND PAIN Term ABRUPT AND WEAK (CAM) Definition INDICATES :SIGN OF PROSTRATION (EXTREME EXHAUSTION) Term KNOTTED (CAM / GIO) Definition SLOW WITH IRREGULAR MISSED BEATS INDICATES : EXCESSIVE YIN, ACCUMULATION OF QI, RETENTION OF COLD PHLEGM, STAGNANT BLOOD. SLOW AND STOPS AT IRREGULAR INTERVALS INDICATES : COLD, DEFICIENCY OF HEART YANG Term REGULARLY INTERMITTENT (CAM) / INTERMITTENT (GIO) Definition SLOW AND WEAK WITH MISSED BEATS AT REGULAR INTERVALS INDICATES : DECLINE IN ZANG QI, WIND SYNDROMES, PAINFUL SYNDROMES OF FEAR AND FRIGHT, TRAUMATIC CONTUSIONS AND SPRAINS. STOPS AT REGULAR INTERVALS INDICATES : SERIOUS INTERNAL PROBLEMS OF ONE OR MORE YIN ORGANS, STOPS EVERY FOUR BEATS: SERIOUS CONDITION SERIOUS HEART PROBLEM