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Pathological Pulses by Component Changes Flashcards

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Simple or Complex:

Floating

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Simple

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Submerged

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Simple

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Hidden

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Simple

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Rapid

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Simple

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Racing

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Simple

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Slow

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Simple

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Excessive

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Simple

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Deficient

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Simple

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Large

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Simple

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Thin

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Simple

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Long

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Simple

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Short

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Simple

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Slipper

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Simple

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Consistently Irregular

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Simple

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Choppy

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Complex

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Flooding

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Complex

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Moving

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Complex

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Rapid Irregular

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Complex

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Slow Irregular

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Complex

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Soggy

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Complex

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Scattered

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Complex

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Faint

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Complex

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Frail

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Complex

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Hollow

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Complex

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Simple or Complex: Leather
Complex
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Simple or Complex: Wiry
Complex
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Simple or Complex: Tight
Complex
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Simple or Complex: Confined
Complex
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Simple or Complex: Moderate
Complex
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Floating Component: Description:
Floating Component: Depth Description: Pulse is felt with a light touch, but loses force with increased pressure
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Submerged Component: Description:
Submerged Component: Depth Description: Pulse is felt only deeply, beneath the muscle level, but atop the bone
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Hidden Component: Description:
Hidden Component: Depth Description: Pulse is deeper than deep, fingers will need to push the tendons away to find the bone
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Rapid Component: Description:
Rapid Component: Rate Description: Over five beats per breath, or 90- 140 beats per minute
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Racing Component: Description:
Racing Component: Rate Description: Over seven beats per breath, or over 140 beats per minute
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Slow Component: Description:
Slow Component: Rate Description: Less than three beats per breath, or less than 60 beats per minute
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Excessive Component: Description:
Excessive Component: Strength Description: Pulse is strong and forceful against the fingers at all depths
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Deficient Component: Description:
Deficient Component: Strength Description: Pulse is weak and forceless at all three depths
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Large Component: Description:
Large Component: Width Description: Pulse is wider than normal
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Thin Component: Description:
Thin Component: Width Description: Pulse is thinner than normal
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Long Component: Description:
Long Component: Length Description: Pulse extends beyond the distal and proximal points
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Short Component: Description:
Short Component: Length Description: Pulse can only be felt at one or two positions
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Slippery Component: Description:
Slippery Component: Shape Description: Pulse comes and goes smoothly
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Consistently Irregular Component: Description:
Consistently Irregular Component: Rhythm Description: Pulse misses a beat on a regular basis
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Choppy Component: Description:
Choppy Component: Rate, Strength, Shape Description: Irregular speed, amplitude, shape or strength, overall inconsistent feeling to the pulse
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Flooding Component: Description:
Flooding Component: Depth, Strength, Width, Shape Description: Superficial, forceful, wide, the wave arrives stronger than it leaves
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Moving Component: Description:
Moving Component: Speed, Length, Shape, Strength, Position Description: Fast, short, slippery, forceful in the middle (guan) position
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Rapid Irregular Component: Description:
Rapid Irregular Component: Rate, Rhythm Description: Fast, irregular rhythm
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Slow Irregular Component: Description:
Slow Irregular Component: Rate, Rhythm Description: Slow, irregular rhythm
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Soggy Component: Description:
Soggy Component: Strength, Width, Depth Description: Forceless, thin, superficial
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Scattered Component: Description:
Scattered Component: Depth, Width, Strength Description: Superficial, wide, forceless
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Faint Component: Description:
Faint Component: Depth, Width, Strength Description: Superficial, wide, forceless
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Frail Component: Description:
Frail Component: Depth, Width, Strength Description: Deep, thin, forceless
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Hollow Component: Description:
Hollow Component: Depth, Width, Strength Description: Superficial, wide, forceless at the middle depth
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Leather Component: Description:
Leather Component: Depth, Width, Tension, Strength Description: Mostly superficial, but partially deep, wide, taut superficially, forceless at the middle depth
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Wiry Component: Description:
Wiry Component: Strength, Length, Shape, Tension Description: Forceful, long, flat, taut
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Tight Component: Description:
Tight Component: Strength, Tension, Vibration Description: Forceful, taut, vibrating
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Confined Component: Description:
Confined Component: Depth, Width, Length, Shape, Strength Description: Deep, wide, long, taut, forceful
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Moderate Component: Description:
Moderate Component: Strength, Rate Description: Slow to the touch, but not by the clock
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Floating / Fu Mai Pulse Category:
Floating / Fu Mai Pulse Category: Superficial
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Flooding / Hong Mai Pulse Category:
Flooding / Hong Mai Pulse Category: Superficial
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Soggy / Ru Mai Pulse Category:
Soggy / Ru Mai Pulse Category: Superficial
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Leather / Ge Mai Pulse Category:
Soggy / Ru Mai Pulse Category: Superficial
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Hollow / Kou Mai Pulse Category:
Hollow / Kou Mai Pulse Category: Superficial
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Scattered / San Mai Pulse Category:
Scattered / San Mai Pulse Category: Superficial
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Submerged / Chen Mai Pulse Category:
Submerged / Chen Mai Pulse Category: Deep
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Hidden / Fu Mai Pulse Category:
Hidden / Fu Mai Pulse Category: Deep
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Frail / Ruo Mai Pulse Category:
Frail / Ruo Mai Pulse Category: Deep
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Confined / Lao Mai Pulse Category:
Confined / Lao Mai Pulse Category: Deep
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Rapid / Shuo Mai Pulse Category:
Rapid / Shuo Mai Pulse Category: Fast
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Rapid Irregular / Cu Mai Pulse Category:
Rapid Irregular / Cu Mai Pulse Category: Fast
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Racing / Ji Mai Pulse Category:
Racing / Ji Mai Pulse Category: Fast
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Moving / Dong Mai Pulse Category:
Moving / Dong Mai Pulse Category: Fast
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Slow / Chi Mai Pulse Category:
Slow / Chi Mai Pulse Category: Slow
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Moderate / Huan Mai Pulse Category:
Moderate / Huan Mai Pulse Category: Slow
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Choppy / Se Mai Pulse Category:
Choppy / Se Mai Pulse Category: Slow
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Slow Irregular / Jie Mai Pulse Category:
Slow Irregular / Jie Mai Pulse Category: Slow
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Excessive / Shi Mai Pulse Category:
Excessive / Shi Mai Pulse Category: Forceful
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Slippery / Hua Mai Pulse Category:
Slippery / Hua Mai Pulse Category: Forceful
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Tight / Jin Mai Pulse Category:
Tight / Jin Mai Pulse Category: Forceful
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Wiry / Xian Mai Pulse Category:
Wiry / Xian Mai Pulse Category: Forceful
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Deficient / Xu Mai Pulse Category:
Deficient / Xu Mai Pulse Category: Forceless
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Thin / Xi Mai Pulse Category:
Thin / Xi Mai Pulse Category: Forceless
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Faint / Wei Mai Pulse Category:
Faint / Wei Mai Pulse Category: Forceless
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Consistently Irregular / Dai Mai Pulse Category:
Consistently Irregular / Dai Mai Pulse Category: Forceless
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Floating / Fu Mai Characteristics: Indications:
Floating / Fu Mai Characteristics: easily felt with a light touch, grows faint when pressing deeper. Indications: exterior syndrome, yin deficiency
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Flooding / Hong Mai Characteristics: Indications:
Flooding / Hong Mai Characteristics: superficial, wide, and forceful upon arrival and gentle departure Indications: excessive heat
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Soggy / Ru Mai Characteristics: Indications:
Soggy / Ru Mai Characteristics: superficial, thin, and forceless Indications: deficiency or dampness
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Leather / Ge Mai Characteristics: Indications:
Leather / Ge Mai Characteristics: superficial, thin, and forceless Indications: deficiency or dampness
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Hollow / Kou Mai Characteristics: Indications:
Hollow / Kou Mai Characteristics: superficial, wide, forceless with a sense of emptiness when pressing lightly, like pressing on a green onion stalk Indications: internal hemorrhage, yin collapse
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Scattered / San Mai Characteristics: Indications:
Scattered / San Mai Characteristics: superficial, rootless, scattered wide, uncountable, uneven in rhythm showing no sign of pause between pulsations Indications: source qi collapse
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Submerged / Chen Mai Characteristics: Indications:
Submerged / Chen Mai Characteristics: pulse can barely be felt with light touching, distinct only with heavy pressure Indications: interior syndrome or interior stagnation
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Hidden / Fu Mai Characteristics: Indications:
Hidden / Fu Mai Characteristics: deeper than deep, found by pressing down to the bone where it is thin, forceless, and barely felt Indications: syncope or excruciating pain
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Frail / Ruo Mai Characteristics: Indications:
Frail / Ruo Mai Characteristics: deep, thin, and forceless, the pulse hits the fingers without strength Indications: qi and blood deficiency
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Confined / Lao Mai Characteristics: Indications:
Confined / Lao Mai Characteristics: felt only at deep level, stable, forceful, wide, taut, long Indications: excess cold accumulation or hernia
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Rapid / Shua Mai Characteristics: Indications:
Rapid / Shua Mai Characteristics: pulse rate is fast, more thatn five beats per breath of ninety beats per minute Indications: heat syndromes
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Rapid Irregular / Cu Mai Characteristics: Indications:
Rapid Irregular / Cu Mai Characteristics: rapid with irregularly missed beats Indications: yang excess, extreme heat; qi, blood, phlegm or food stagnation
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Racing / Ji Mai Characteristics: Indications:
Racing / Ji Mai Characteristics: pulse rate is very fast, seven to eight beats per breath or 140 to 180 beats per minute Indications: hyperactivity of yang with exhaustion of yin, or source qi collapse
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Moving / Dong Mai Characteristics: Indications:
Moving / Dong Mai Characteristics: pulse is short and feels like beans spinning within the artery, rapid and forceful Indications: pain or fright
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Slow / Chi Mai Characteristics: Indications:
Slow / Chi Mai Characteristics: pulse rate is slow, less than four beats per breath or sixty beats per minute Indications: cold syndromes
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Moderate / Huan Mai Characteristics: Indications:
Moderate / Huan Mai Characteristics: slightly faster than the slow pulse, but still maintaining a retarded or sluggish feeling Indications: dampness or spleen deficiency
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Slow Irregular / Jie Mai Characteristics: Indications:
Slow Irregular / Jie Mai Characteristics: slow with irregularly missed beats Indications: qi stagnation due to excess yin; blood stasis, phlegm
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Excessive / Shi Mai Characteristics: Indications:
Excessive / Shi Mai Characteristics: forceful at all three positions and all three depths Indications: excess syndromes
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Slippery / Hua Mai Characteristics: Indications:
Slippery / Hua Mai Characteristics: pulse arrives and departs smoothly Indications: phlegm or damp retention, food stagnation, excess heat
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Tight / Ji Mai Characteristics: Indications:
Tight / Ji Mai Characteristics: taut and forceful like a stretched twisted rope that vibrates left and right Indications: cold syndrome or pain
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Wiry / Xian Mai Characteristics: Indications:
Wiry / Xian Mai Characteristics: straight and long, like the string of an instrument Indications: liver and/or gallbladder disorder, phlegm, pain, or malaria
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Deficient / Xu Mai Characteristics: Indications:
Deficient / Xu Mai Characteristics: forceless at all three positions, and at all three depths Indications: deficiency syndromes
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Thin / Xi Mai Characteristics: Indications:
Thin / Xi Mai Characteristics: thin like a fine thread but remains distinct and clear Indications: qi and blood or yin deficiency, dampness
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Faint / Wei Mai Characteristics: Indications:
Faint / Wei Mai Characteristics: very thin, forceless, barely palpable, beats difficult to count when pressed Indications: deficiency syndrome
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Consistently Irregular / Dai Mai Characteristics: Indications:
Consistently Irregular / Dai Mai Characteristics: slow, forceless pulse with missed beats at regular intervals Indications: zang fu organ qi deficiency, pain, traume, wind syndrome, or fright

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