Lecture 3 Pulse Diagnosis

Question 1

Left cun position

Answer 1

heart

Question 2

left guan position

Answer 2

liver

Question 3

left chi position

Answer 3

kidney yin

Question 4

right cun position

Answer 4

lung

Question 5

right guan position

Answer 5

spleen

Question 6

right chi position

Answer 6

kidney yang

Question 7

cun position is where on the wrist

Answer 7

front closest to hand

Question 8

guan position is where on the wrist

Answer 8

middle at styloid process

Question 9

chi position is where on the wrist

Answer 9

rear towards elbow

Question 10

pulse at superficial depth indicates what?

Answer 10

yang, exterior

Question 11

pulse at deep depth indicates what?

Answer 11

yin, interior

Question 12

strong intensity indicates what

Answer 12

excess

Question 13

weak intensity indicates what

Answer 13

deficiency

Question 14

fast pulse indicates what

Answer 14

heat

Question 15

slow pulse indicates what

Answer 15

cold

Question 16

what type of pulse would you feel for exterior yang syndrome

Answer 16

floating

Question 17

what type of pulse would you feel for interior yin syndrome

Answer 17

sinking

Question 18

what type of pulse would you feel for interior def

Answer 18

deep & weak

Question 19

what type of pulse would you feel for interior excess

Answer 19

deep & strong

Question 20

what type of pulse would you feel for cold syndrome

Answer 20

slow

Question 21

what type of pulse would you feel for cold excess

Answer 21

slow & forceful

Question 22

what type of pulse would you feel for cold def

Answer 22

slow & weak

Question 23

what type of pulse would you feel for heat excess

Answer 23

rapid & forceful

Question 24

what type of pulse would you feel for heat def

Answer 24

rapid & weak

Question 25

what type of pulse would you feel for heat syndrome

Answer 25

rapid

Question 26

what type of pulse would you feel for extreme heat and yin exhaustion, nearing qi collapse

Answer 26

swift

Question 27

what type of pulse would you feel for deficiency syndrome (qi, blood, yang, or yin - any!)

Answer 27

empty

Question 28

what type of pulse would you feel for excess syndrome

Answer 28

strong

Question 29

what quality of pulse would you expect to feel for phlegm and fluid retention, excess heat, food stagnation, pregnancy

Answer 29

slippery / rolling

Question 30

what quality of pulse would you expect to feel for deficiency syndrome or damp accumulation

Answer 30

soggy / soft

Question 31

what quality of pulse would you expect to feel for excess heat

Answer 31

flooding / tidal

Question 32

what quality of pulse would you expect to feel for liver and gb disease, pain, malaria, or phlegm and damp retention

Answer 32

wiry

Question 33

what quality of pulse would you expect to feel for deficiency syndrome or damp. can be of qi, blood or yin

Answer 33

thready / thin

Question 34

what is the difference between a thready pulse and a wiry pulse?

Answer 34

a wiry pulse will have a distinct edge when you roll over it. a thready pulse does not have this edge.

Question 35

what quality of pulse would you expect to feel for qi and blood stagnation, food stagnation, phlegm retention, blood def, essence impairment

Answer 35

choppy / rough / hesitant

Question 36

what quality of pulse would you expect to feel for loss of blood, impairment of essence

Answer 36

tympanic / leather

Question 37

what quality of pulse would you expect to feel for cold accumulation, qi or blood stagnation

Answer 37

confined . fixed . prison

Question 38

what quality of pulse would you expect to feel for qi exhaustion

Answer 38

scattered