Floating Pulses Flashcards
What is the pulse quality of a floating pulse?
Strong with very light pressure, loses strength with firmer pressure
What is the Qi quality of a floating pulse?
Primarily at the surface
What patterns might be indicated by a floating pulse?
External invasion
Yin deficiency
What is the pulse quality of the flooding pulse?
Floating, but large and overflowing; hits w/ force and retreats w/o force
What is the quality of Qi of the flooding pulse?
Primarily at the surface; unbound and unrooted
What might a flooding pulse indicate?
Exuberant heat
What is the pulse quality of a soft pulse?
Floating and fine; indistinct with pressure
What is the Qi quality of a soft pulse?
Primarily at the surface; deficient
What patterns might a soft pulse indicate?
Qi and Blood deficiency, possibly with Damp
What is the pulse quality of a scattered pulse?
Floating, but large and indistinct; easily changeable
What is the Qi quality of a scattered pulse?
Primarily at the surface; floating away
Qi lost connection to Yin substance
What patterns might be indicated by scattered pulse?
Yuan Qi deficiency
Can also be produced by anxiety
What is the pulse quality of a hollow pulse?
Floating with a large body and an empty center
What is the Qi quality of a hollow pulse?
Primarily at the surface; empty and w/o substance
Blood loss, but Qi not effected
What patterns might be indicated by a Hollow pulse?
Severe blood loss
