Li Shi Zhen Flashcards
floating
rises with strength but falls without strength
big width
flooding
flooding meaning
abundant heat (sometimes with yin deficiency)
to determine if disease is excess of deficient, determine weather or not the pulse is strong
floating
strong/forceful
floating (excess)
floating (excess) meaning
exterior invasion
floating
weak/forceless
floating weak
floating weak meaning
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
floating
slow, leisurely
weak/forceless
big width
empty pulse
empty pulse meaning
deficiency
of both qi and blood
floating
very weak/ very forceless
very wide
scattered
scattered meaning
yuan qi scattered (both qi & blood are exhausted and the zang fu is about to scatter)
floating
without substance in center
wide
hollow
scallion stalk
hollow meaning
severe blood loss (causing yin damage)
superficial excess with internal deficiency
floating impatient weak/forceless without substance in center wiry
leathery
leathery meaning
damaged jing blood with cold
floating
weak/forceless
thin
soft
soft meaning
various types of severe deficiency (qi or blood)
or trapped dampness (not a deficiency condition)
floating
disappears intermittently under slight pressure
very thin
minute
minute meaning
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
sinking
strong/forceful
sinking strong
sinking strong meaning
internal excess (usually phlegm or cold)
sinking
weak/forceless
sinking weak
sinking weak meaning
internal deficiency
deeper than sinking pulse
hidden
hidden meaning
pathogenic qi trapped internally
usually pathogenic cold generating heat
deeper than sinking long strong/forceful big width wiry
firm