Pulse

Question 1

Floating pulse

Answer 1

External wind, yin XU

*fall/autumn

Question 2

Deep

Answer 2

Interior pathogen, yang XU, obese

*winter

Question 3

Slow

Answer 3

Cold, athlete

Question 4

Rapid

Answer 4

Heat

Question 5

Deficient/empty

Answer 5

Qi XU, blood XU

Question 6

Excessive

Answer 6

Full pattern

*Summer

Question 7

Slippery

Answer 7

PH/D, food retention, pregnancy, SHI heat, children

Question 8

Choppy

Answer 8

Blood stg, blood xu, exhaustion of BF

Question 9

Wiry

Answer 9

LIV/GB disharmony, pain, PH, seniors

*Spring

Question 10

Soggy/soft

Answer 10

Damp with Qi XU, yin XU, Essence XU

Question 11

Full

Answer 11

Heat

Question 12

Feeble, minute, faint

Answer 12

Severe Qi/blood xu, emergency, collapse

Question 13

Thready, fine

Answer 13

XU (Qi, blood, yin, yang), blockage

Question 14

Weak

Answer 14

XU (yang, blood)

Question 15

Large, big

Answer 15

Disease developing, healthy

Question 16

Scattered

Answer 16

Severe Qi/blood xu, severe KID Qi XU

**serious

Question 17

Tight

Answer 17

Cold, pain

Question 18

Hollow

Answer 18

Hemorrhage

Question 19

Drum-skin, leather

Answer 19

KID ess XU, KID yin XU, blood loss

Question 20

Firm

Answer 20

Blood stg, pain

Question 21

Racing, hurried

Answer 21

Severe heat, excess pathogen, stg

Question 22

Moving

Answer 22

Shock, anxiety, pain, fright

Question 23

Hidden

Answer 23

Severe yang XU

Question 24

Moderate, retarded, slowed down

Answer 24

Healthy

Question 25

Skipping, hasty

Answer 25

Severe heat, excess, stg

Question 26

Knotted

Answer 26

Blockage (Qi, blood, PH, cold) | XU (Qi, blood)

Question 27

Intermittent

Answer 27

HT organ problem, trauma, excess emotions, internal organ problem

Question 28

Long

Answer 28

Heat, excess, normal

Question 29

Short

Answer 29

Qi XU, Qi stg

Question 30

Forceful

Answer 30

Excess, heat

Question 31

Forceless

Answer 31

Yin XU causing hyperactive yang

Question 32

Very rapid, agitated

Answer 32

Hurried

Question 33

Short, trembles under finger, shaped like a bean

Answer 33

Moving

Question 34

Beneath the bone, very deep, difficult to feel

Answer 34

Hidden

Question 35

4/breath

Answer 35

Moderate, retarded, slowed down

Question 36

Rapid, stops at irregular intervals

Answer 36

Skipping, hasty

Question 37

Slow, stops at irregular intervals

Answer 37

Knotted

Question 38

Stops at regular intervals, serious

Answer 38

Intermittent

Question 39

Felt with light pressure

Answer 39

Floating

Question 40

Felt only superficial, very soft, slightly floating

Answer 40

Soggy, soft

Question 41

Same as fine just more so, difficult to feel

Answer 41

Feeble, minute, faint

Question 42

Thinner

Answer 42

Thready, fine

Question 43

Cannot be felt superfically, soft at deep level

Answer 43

Weak

Question 44

Very small, relatively superficial, broken in small dots

Answer 44

Scattered

Question 45

Twisted thick rope

Answer 45

Tight

Question 46

Felt superficial and deep, empty in middle

Answer 46

Hallow

Question 47

Hard and tight at superficial level, completely empty at deep, large not thin

Answer 47

Drum skin, leather

Question 48

Only at deep, hard rather wiry

Answer 48

Firm

Question 49

Heavy pressure, felt near bone

Answer 49

Deep

Question 50

3/breath

Answer 50

Slow

Question 51

5/breath

Answer 51

Rapid

Question 52

Big but soft

Answer 52

Deficient, empty

Question 53

Full, hard, long

Answer 53

Excessive

Question 54

Smooth, rounded, slippery, oily

Answer 54

Slippery

Question 55

Rough, jagged edge, changes rapidly (rate/quality)

Answer 55

Choppy

Question 56

Guitar string, thinner more taut.harder than tight, really hits fingers

Answer 56

Wiry