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| Superficial (CAM) / Floating (Gio) |
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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 |
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SUPERFICIAL, LARGE AND WEAK (CAM)
FLOATING AT THE SUPERFICIAL LEVEL, BUT EMPTY AT THE DEEP LEVEL (GIO) |
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INDICATES :
PROLONGED ENDOGENOUS DISEASE, OUTWARD FLOATING OF YANG QI
CRITICAL SIGN
INDICATES : INTERIOR CONDITIONS
RARE: CANCER, ANEMIA |
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| DEEP PULSE (CAM) / DEEP (Gio) |
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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 |
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DEEP AND FORCEFUL (CAM)
DEEP AND FULL (Gio) |
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Definition
INDICATES :
INTERIOR SYNDROMES OF THE EXCESS TYPE
iNDICATES :
STASIS OF QI OR BLOOD IN THE INTERIOR, INTERIOR COLD, INTERIOR HEAT |
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| DEEP AND WEAK (CAM) / DEEP AND WEAK (Gio) |
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INDICATES :
INTERIOR SYNDROMES OF THE DEFICIENT TYPE
INDICATES :
DEFICIENCY OF QI AND YANG |
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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 |
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SLOW AND FORCEFUL (CAM)
SLOW AND FULL (GIO) |
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INDICATES : INTERIOR SYNDROMES OF THE EXCESS TYPE
INDICATES FULL-COLD
CAUSED BY RETENTION OF YIN COLD IN THE
INTERIOR |
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INDICATES : INTERIOR SYNDROME OF THE DEFICIENT TYPE DUE TO DEFICIENCY OF YANG QI
INDICATES :EMPTY-COLD FROM DEFICIENCY OF YANG |
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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 |
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| RAPID AND FORCEFUL (CAM) / RAPID AND FULL (Gio) |
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INDICATES : EXCESS HEAT RETAINED IN THE INTERIOR & ANTIPATHOGENIC QI IS STILL STRONG
INDICATES: FULL-HEAT |
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| RAPID AND WEAK CAM) / RAPID, FLOATING AND EMPTY (Gio) |
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INDICATES : DEFICIENCY OF YIN IN PROLONGED ILLNESS
INDICATES : EMPTY HEAT FROM YIN DEFICIENCY |
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| RAPID, LARGE, WEAK AND EMPTY PULSE (CAM) |
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| INDICATES :OUTWARD FLOATING OF DEFICIENT YANG |
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| DEFICIENCY TYPE PULSE (CAM) / EMPTY (Gio) |
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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 |
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| EXCESS (CAM) / FULL (GIO) |
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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 |
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| SURGING PULSE (CAM) / OVERFLOWING (GIO) |
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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 |
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| INDICATES : EXCESSIVE HEAT |
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| LARGE PULSE (CAM) / OVERFLOWING BUT EMPTY (GIO) |
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SURGING PULSE THAT LACKS THE MOMENTUM OF ROARING WAVES
INDICATES :EXCESSIVE HEAT
INDICATES : EMPTY-HEAT FROM YIN DEFICIENCY |
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| THREADY PULSE (CAM) / Fine (GIO) |
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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 |
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| ROLLING (CAM) / SLIPPERY (GIO) |
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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 |
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| INDICATES : PHLEGM OR DAMPNESS WITH A BACKGROUND OF QI DEFICIENCY |
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| ROLLING PULSE IN WOMEN DURING PREGNANCY (CAM) |
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| INDICATES : SUFFICIENT AND HARMONIOUS QI AND BLOOD |
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| HESITANT PULSE (CAM) / CHOPPY PULSE (GIO) |
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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 |
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| HESITANT AND FORCEFUL (CAM) |
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| INDICATES : STAGNATION OF QI AND BLOOD |
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| INDICATES : ESSENCE IS IMPAIRED, BLOOD IS INSUFFICIENT |
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| STRING-TAUT PULSE (CAM) / WIRY (GIO) |
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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 |
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| TENSE PULSE (CAM) / TIGHT PULSE (GIO) |
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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 |
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| TIGHT, WEAK, AND DEEP (GIO) |
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| INDICATES : INTERIOR EMPTY-COLD |
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| SOFT PULSE (CAM) / SOGGY/WEAK-FLOATING (GIO) |
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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 |
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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 |
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| ABRUPT PULSE (CAM) / HASTY (GIO) |
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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 |
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| ABRUPT AND FORCEFUL (CAM) |
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| INDICATES : HEAT SYNDROMES OF EXCESSIVE TYPE DUE TO: STAGNATION OF QI AND BLOOD, RETENTION OF PHLEGM OR FOOD, SWELLING AND PAIN |
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| INDICATES :SIGN OF PROSTRATION (EXTREME EXHAUSTION) |
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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 |
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| REGULARLY INTERMITTENT (CAM) / INTERMITTENT (GIO) |
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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 |
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