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| Even force, rhythm; flexible, harmonious, moderate, sl. rolling; rooted: deep in KD |
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| Floating / Fu Mai / Superficial |
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| In exterior; with fingers raised it has surplus; when pressing, it diminishes, when releasing it returns |
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| Deficient / vacuous/ Xu Mai |
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| Floating, Wide, Forceless (slow) |
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| Floating, wide, tense, hard; empty center |
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| Floating, wide,forceless, hollow, IRREGULAR when pressed, |
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| Floating, wide, forceless, hollow |
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| Flooding / Surging/ Hong Mai |
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| Floating, wide, forceful, slippery |
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| Floating, fine/thready, forceless |
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| Felt only with heavy pressure / near bone |
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| Very deep, fine, forceless |
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| Deep/very deep, hard, firm, wiry , tense, forceful |
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| More than 90 BPM, irregularly intermittent |
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| Stirring / Baby Kicking / Dong Mai |
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| Rapid, forceful, slippery, short (only at guan), like a tap with a q tip |
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| Moderate / Relaxed / Retarded /Huan Mai |
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| Regularly Intermittent / Dai Mai |
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| Knotted / Bound / Jie Mai |
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| Less than 60 BPM, irregularly intermittent |
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| Hesitant / Rough / Choppy / Se Mai |
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| "slow", fine, force slows down and speeds up; 3-5 BPB |
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| Wiry / String Taught / Bowstring |
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| Relatively thready, long, forceful, tense; "bites the finger", tension in vessel quality |
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| "thinner than it "should" be, clear edges, (width fullness) |
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| Wider than it "should" be; edges hard to find |
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| extends beyond its usual location |
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| shorter than its usual range |
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| Smooth flowing, uninhibited, "pearls rolling on a dish" |
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| Not fine, tight and forceful like a stretched rope |
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