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1
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floating
rises with strength but falls without strength
big width

A

flooding

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2
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flooding meaning

A

abundant heat (sometimes with yin deficiency)

to determine if disease is excess of deficient, determine weather or not the pulse is strong

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3
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floating

strong/forceful

A

floating (excess)

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4
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floating (excess) meaning

A

exterior invasion

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5
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floating

weak/forceless

A

floating weak

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6
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floating weak meaning

A

exterior deficiency caused by blood deficiency

when blood is deficient and unable to support qi, the qi “jumps” to the exterior. Hence the pulse is floating but without strength

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7
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floating
slow, leisurely
weak/forceless
big width

A

empty pulse

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8
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empty pulse meaning

A

deficiency

of both qi and blood

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9
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floating
very weak/ very forceless
very wide

A

scattered

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10
Q

scattered meaning

A

yuan qi scattered (both qi & blood are exhausted and the zang fu is about to scatter)

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11
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floating
without substance in center
wide

A

hollow

scallion stalk

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12
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hollow meaning

A

severe blood loss (causing yin damage)

superficial excess with internal deficiency

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13
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floating
impatient
weak/forceless
without substance in center
wiry
A

leathery

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14
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leathery meaning

A

damaged jing blood with cold

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15
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floating
weak/forceless
thin

A

soft

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16
Q

soft meaning

A

various types of severe deficiency (qi or blood)

or trapped dampness (not a deficiency condition)

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17
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floating
disappears intermittently under slight pressure
very thin

A

minute

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18
Q

minute meaning

A

deficiency and failing of qi and blood (if in a chronic disease the zheng qi is about to be exhausted

when yin qi is failing, the pulse seems to disappear under heavy pressure

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19
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sinking

strong/forceful

A

sinking strong

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20
Q

sinking strong meaning

A

internal excess (usually phlegm or cold)

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21
Q

sinking

weak/forceless

A

sinking weak

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22
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sinking weak meaning

A

internal deficiency

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23
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deeper than sinking pulse

A

hidden

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24
Q

hidden meaning

A

pathogenic qi trapped internally

usually pathogenic cold generating heat

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25
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deeper than sinking
long
strong/forceful
big width
wiry
A

firm

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26
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firm meaning

A

chronic yin cold accumulation

can be at qi or blood level

27
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all 3 levels or sinking
long
very strong/forceful
big width
wiry
28
Q

full meaning

A

excessive conditions

29
Q

sinking
weak/forceless
thin

30
Q

weak meaning

A

insufficient qi & blood

deficient or damaged yin jing with failure of ying qi

31
Q

sinking
weak/forceless
very thin
wiry

32
Q

thin meaning

A

qi & blood both deficient (esp blood)

or stagnation of pathogenic damp in the channels

33
Q

slow

strong/forceful

A

slow strong

34
Q

slow strong meaning

A

accumulated cold or knotted heat

35
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slow

weak/forceless

36
Q

slow weak meaning

A

deficiency cold

37
Q

leisurely speed

A

leisurely/moderate

38
Q

leisurely/moderate pulse meaning

A

damp disease or good health

39
Q 
slow
short 
weak
comes and goes with difficulty
sometimes beats 3 then 5
40
Q

choppy meaning

A

blood deficiency with damaged jin ye or inadequate blood flow, due to obstruction

41
Q

moderate speed

pauses at irregular intervals

42
Q

knotted meaning

A

yin abundance with yang not in harmony (knotting of qi)

43
Q

moderate speed
forceless
pauses at regular intervals for a little longer than one beat

A

intermittent

44
Q

intermittent meaning

A

decline and failure of zang qi or if sudden and strong obstructed qi

45
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rapid

forceful

A

rapid strong/forceful

46
Q

rapid strong pulse meaning

A

excessive heat

47
Q

rapid

forceless

A

rapid weak

48
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rapid weak meaning

A

deficiency heat

49
Q

rapid

slippery

50
Q

slippery meaning

A

stagnant phlegm or stagnant food with abundant heat

can also occur in health people, indicating abundant qi and blood

51
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impatient

tight, wiry

52
Q

tight meaning

A

cold pain sometimes with retention of food

53
Q

rapid

sometimes rests for one beat at irregular intervals

54
Q

hasty meaning

A

excessive yang heat with yin not in harmony (damaged yin)

55
Q

rapid
short
forceful
slippery, wiry

56
Q

moving meaning

A

yin and yang fighting with each other

57
Q

long

58
Q

long meaning

A

excessive conditions or

good health

59
Q

long
forceful
wiry

60
Q

wiry meaning

A

liver (wood) diseases or wind diseases

61
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short

forceful

A

short strong

62
Q

short strong meaning

63
Q

short

weak/forceless

A

short weak

64
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short weak meaning

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