Pulse
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- Feels strong under slight pressure, but loses its strength when pressure is increased.
- Floating Pulse
- Cannot be felt clearly unless strong pressure is exerted to the level of the tendons & bones. It feels like a ball of cotton wool on sand, soft at the surface but strong & rigid below.
- Sinking Pulse
- Beats only 3 times per respiration
- Slow Pulse
- beats six times per respiration.
- Rapid Pulse
- Feels round & smooth & flows evenly - like a greasy round ball which slides under the fingers.
- Slippery Pulse
- Feels thin, minute, & short and has an uneven flow, beating three & five times with irregular rhythm. Like a knife scraping bamboo, rough & jagged.
- Choppy Pulse
- Feels floating & big with slow beats, but becomes obviously soft & deficient when slightly more pressure is applied.
- Empty Pulse
- Felt both superficially & deeply, & has big, long, wiry, strong beats.
- Full Pulse
- Neither big nor small, but feels long, soft, & calm, like the end of a bamboo shoot.
- Long Pulse
- Fails to fill both the cun & chi positions, fills the chi position but not the cun position or fills the cun position but no the chi.
- Short Pulse
- Rough & big with beats that rise strongly but fade out as they fall.
- Flooding Pulse
- Very thin & very soft
- Minute Pulse
- Rises and falls with strength & vibrates to the left & right.
- Tight Pulse
- Slightly faster than a slow pulse, with exactly 4 beats per respiration.
- Leisurely Pulse
- Feels floating, big & soft under slight pressure but w/o substance at the center under heavier pressure.
- Hollow Pulse
- Feels taut, long, & strong, whether under pressure or not, & passes straight under the fingers w/o vibrating to the left & right or giving any wavelike sensations. Like a bow string about to shoot an arrow & is firmly fixed.
- Wiry Pulse
- Feels wiry, almost rapid & without substance in its center.
- Leather Pulse
- Very deep, almost hidden, and not only strong & long but also wirey & impatient.
- Firm Pulse
- Feels floating, very thin, & without strength.
- Soft Pulse
- Felt to be very soft & thin under deep pressure, but cannot be felt at the superficial level.
- Weak Pulse
- Feels indistinct, big w/o strength when slight pressure is applied, but vanishes when pressure is increased.
- Scattered Pulse
- Feels like a fine thread, even though it is soft, weak, & w/o strength.
- Thin Pulse
- Cannot be felt until deep pressure is applied to the level of the bone, & even then the beats seem to come from beneath the tendons.
- Hidden Pulse
- Feels rapid, tight, slippery, & short with strong beats.
- Moving Pulse
- Feels rapid but loses a beat at irregular intervals. Like a person who stumbles whie walking briskly.
- Hasty Pulse
- Feels leisurely, but loses a beat at irregular intervals.
- Knotted Pulse
- Loses a beat & then pauses a little longer before starting again, at regular intervals.
- Intermittent Pulse