EVs Flashcards
Pulse: floating and long in all positions
Du Mai
Pulse: fine, tight long in both FRONT positions
Ren Mai
Pulse: deep and firm in all positions
or
deep and firm in both middle positions
or
wiry in both middle positions
Chong Mai
Pulse: wiry in both middle positions
Dai Mai
Pulse: wiry in both REAR positions
Yin Qiao
Pulse: wiry in both FRONT positions
Yang Qiao
Pulse: wiry on the LATERAL side of the REAR position extending towards the MEDIAL side of the front position
*outside in
Yin Wei
Pulse: wiry on the MEDIAL side of the REAR position extending towards the LATERAL side of the front position
*inside out
Yang Wei
Function: Stiffness and pain of the spine, backache, weak back, arching of the back, headache, tremors, convulsions, epilepsy, prolapse of the anus, blood in the stools, incontinence of urine, painful urination, nocturnal emissions, impotence, irregular periods, infertility, dry throat, poor memory, dizziness, tinnitus, depression, chills and fever, manic behavior
Du Mai
Function: Nocturnal emissions, incontinence of urine, retention of urine, leukorrhea, irregular periods, infertility, pain in the genital region, hernia, epigastric and lower abdominal pain, abdominal masses, menopausal symptoms (night sweating, hot flashes), problems during pregnancy, amenorrhea, edema
Ren Mai
Function: Irregular periods, infertility, painful periods, vomiting and nausea, feeling of anxiety, breathlessness, abdominal pain and distension, feeling of energy rising from the abdomen to the chest, feeling of tightness and pain of the epigastrium and chest, palpitations, a feeling of obstruction in the throat, asthmatic breathing, a feeling of heat in the face, cold and numb feet with purple color, umbilical pain, premenstrual tension, breast distension, breast nodules, menopausal symptoms (hot flashes, anxiety, palpitations), morning sickness, spontaneous bruising, nosebleed, fungal infections of the big toe
Chong Mai
Function: Feeling of cold and pain of the middle and lower back, mid-back pain radiating to the abdomen, abdominal pain radiating to the mid-back, flaccidity and weakness of the lower back, abdominal distension, chronic vaginal discharge, prolapse of the uterus, weakness and atrophy of the lower limbs, miscarriage, cold feet, amenorrhea, irregular periods, feeling of cold in the genital area, infertility, nocturnal emissions, umbilical pain, painful periods. From Dampness: a feeling of fullness of the abdomen, back feeling as if sitting in water, a feeling of heaviness of the body, a feeling of heaviness of the abdomen as if wearing a belt ‘carrying 5000 coins’, hernia
Dai Mai
Function: Sleepiness, epilepsy (seizures at night), pain in the back and hip radiating to the groin and genitals, hypogastric pain, tremors of the legs, foot turning inwards, lower abdominal pain, tightness of the muscles of the inner aspect of the leg and flaccidity of those of the outer aspect, abdominal masses, myomas, difficult delivery, retention of placenta
Yin Qiao
Function: Insomnia, epilepsy (seizures during the day), pain and redness of the inner corner of the eye, backache, sciatica with pain along the lateral aspect of the leg, tremor of the legs, foot turning outwards, tightness of the muscles of the outer aspect of the leg and flaccidity of those of the inner aspect, Wind-stroke, hemiplegia, aphasia, facial paralysis, severe dizziness, chills and fever, headache, stiff neck, manic behavior, manic depression, fright, ‘seeing ghosts’, inability to raise the leg when lying down
Yang Qiao
Function: Pain in the heart region, fullness and pain of the chest and hypochondrium, pain in the kidney region, dryness of the throat, anxiety, insomnia, pensiveness, obsessive thoughts, lack of will-power, loss of self-control, depression, sadness, a feeling of knot in the chest which feels tight and full on palpation, melancholy, crying, forgetfulness, mental cloudiness, palpitations, shock; Interior syndromes
Yin Wei
