Pattern Pulses Flashcards
T and P for PC Fire
T: red, tip redder and swollen with red points, yellow coat, there may be Heart Crack
P: Full, Rapid, Overflowing especially on the left front position; possibly Hasty
T and P for KD and LU Yin Def
T: normal colored without coat or with a rootless coat
P: Floating, Empty
T and P for KD Yang Def
T: pale and wet
P: Deep and Weak
T an P for ST and SP Qi Def
T: pale
P: Empty, especially on the right middle position
T and P SP and LU Qi Def
T: pale
P: Empty, especially on the right side
T and P for Cold invading ST
T: thick white coat
P: Deep, Tight, Slow
T and P LV Fire Insulting LU
T: red with redder sides and dry yellow coat
P: Wiry
T and P for LV Qi Stagnation
T: Normal body color, slightly red on sides
P: Wiry, especially on left side
T and P for GB Def
T: pale or normal
P: weak
T and P for KD Yang Def with Water Overflowing
T: pale, swollen and and wet with white coat
P: Deep, Weak, Slow
T and P for LI Dryness
T: dry, either pale or red with rootless coating
P: Fine
T and P for HT Vessel Obstruction
T: Purple on the sides in the chest area, swollen with a sticky coating
P: Wiry, Choppy or Knotted (Slippery if Phlegm is predominant)
T and P for SI Qi Pain
T: white coat
P: Deep, Wiry, especially on the rear positions
T and P for LU and HT Qi Def
T: pale
P: Empty, especially on both front position
T and P for HT Blood Def
T: pale, thin, slightly dry
P: Choppy or Fine
T and P for LI Cold Invading
T: thick and white cold
P: Deep and Tight
T and P for HT Yang Def
T: pale, slightly wet
P: Deep, Week, Severe; Knotted
T and P for Wind due to LV Yang Rising/LV Yin Rising
T: Normal colored without coat
P: Wiry, Fine
T and P for LV Cold Stagnation
T: Pale and wet with a white coat
P: Deep, wiry, slow
T and P for Liver Damp Heat
T: red with redder sides, sticky yellow coat
P: slippery, wiry, rapid
T and P Sp Qi Def
T: pale
P: Empty
T and P for Wind due to LV Yang Rising/ LV and KD Yin Def
T: Normal colored without coat
P: Wiry, Fine
T and P for Fire Generating Wind
T: red with redder sides and dry yellow coat
P: Wiry and Rapid
T and P for KD Essence Def
T: no coat if there is a KD Yin Def, pale if there is KD Yang Def
P: Floating, Empty or Leather
T and P for Wind due to LV Yang Rising/ LV Blood Def
T: Pale and Thin
P: Wiry, Fine
T and P for LI Damp Heat
T: red with sticky yellow coat
P: Slippery, Rapid
T and P for HT Yin Def with Empty Heat
T: Red, without coat, redder tip with red points
P: Floating Empty and Rapid or Fire-Rapid
T and P for HT Phlegm Misting the Mind
T: swollen with thick sticky coating, midline crack reaching to the tip
P: Slippery
T and P for Lung Dry Phlegm
T: swollen with a dry sticky coat
P: Fine, Slippery
T and P LV Blood Stasis
T: Purple, especially or only on sides; severe: purple spots on side
P: Wiry, Firm, Hesitant or Choppy
T and P for LU Wind-Cold
T: thin white coat
P: floating, tight
T and P for LU Wind-Heat
T: slightly red on the sides in the chest areas or on the front part
P: floating, rapid
T and P SP Qi Sinking
T: pale
P: Weak, when Stomach is prolapsed, this can be felt on the middle right position of the pulse.
T and P ST Qi Stagnation
T: no particular signs except that in severe cases it may be red on the sides in the central section
P: Wiry on the right middle position
T and P for LV Blood Def
T: pale, especially on the sides; extreme cases can assume an orangey color; thin and slightly dry
P: Choppy or Fine
T and P for LI Heat Obstruction
T: thick dry yellow (or brown, black) coating , red body
P: Deep and Full
T and P UB Damp Heat
T: thick sticky yellow coat on the root with red spots
P: Slippery, Rapid and slightly Wiry on the left rear position
T and P LV and HT Blood Def
T: pale and thin, slightly dry
P: Choppy or Fine
T and P for Rebellious LV Qi
T: normal, severe sides will be red
P: Wiry (may be particularly Wiry on Liver and Stomach positions)
T and P for SI Heat
T: red with redder and swollen tip, yellow coat
P: Overflowing, Rapid especially in the front position, with urinary problems. Also Wiry on the left rear position
T and P for SI Def Cold (Yang Def)
T: pale with white coat
P: Deep, Weak Slow
T and P for KI Qi Not Firm (KD Qi Def)
T: pale
P: Deep, Weak especially in the rear positions