Basic Pulse Descriptions
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- six or more beats to each breath cycle - always indicates heat
- Rapid
- a pulse that is rapid and stops at irregular intervals
- Hasty
- feels large under the finger, very superfical and broad - like a river flooding its banks - goes beyond natural boundry in all directions
- Overflowing
- short, slippery, rapid and gives the impression of 'shaking' or 'vibrating' instead of pulsating - felt more frequently in cun and guan positions
- Moving
- rounded, slips or slides under the finger and flow smoothly - like pearls rolling in a basin
- Slippery
- only felt at superficial - relatively floating but weak and soft like wet cotton - disappears with stronger pressure
- Soggy
- feels rough, jagged and short - flows with out a wave
- Choppy
- no strength and disappears with light pressure - soft but relatively big and distended at the superficial level
- Empty
- cannot be felt at the supeficial level - by definition deep - feels soft and without strenght
- Weak
- 8 times per breath cycle - 'hurried, anxious, agitated, urgent'
- Hurried
- thin and thread like - clear and straight - feels like a line under the finger
- Fine
- feels as if broken into many tiny dots instead of flowing smoothly - realitivly superficial and disappears with pressure
- Scattered
- does not fill a pulse position - felt at center but tapers off at head and tail - more common in cun and guan
- Short
- feels hard full and long - felt at all 3 levels -springy quality - resistant to pressure
- Full
- superficial and hard - felt clearly at every level - taut string of a guitar
- Wiry
- large, broad, overflowing from its boundry and full - more shape than overflowing - not necessarily rapid
- Big
- hard and feels like a rope being twisted - springy feeling when the pressure is released (not as much as wiry)
- Tight
- simply longer than normal - extends lenghtwise beyond the pulse boundary
- Long
- very thin, almost blurred - extreme fine
- Minute