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Pulse Diagnosis Flashcards

1
Q

What is the pulse for Invasion of external wind, a yin deficient interior condition?

A

Floating pulse

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2
Q

What is the pulse for Pathogenic factor in the interior (X-full), Yang def (X-weak)

A

Deep Pulse

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3
Q

What is the pulse for
Cold patterns
Empty cold (X- weak)Empty
Full cold (X-full)

A

Slow

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4
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What is the pulse for
Heat patterns
Full heat (X-full)
Empty heat (X- floating, empty)

A

Rapid

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5
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What is the pulse for Qi def

A

Empty

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6
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What is the pulse for
Full pattern
Full heat (X- rapid)
Full cold (X- slow)

A

Full

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7
Q

What is the pulse for
Full heat
Empty heat (X-empty)

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Overflowing

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8
Q

What is the pulse for
Blood def
Damp with severe qi def

A

Fine/Thin

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9
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What is the pulse for 
Phlegm
Damp
Retention of food
Pregnancy
A

Slippery

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10
Q

What is the pulse for
Blood def
Exhaustion of body fluids

A

Choppy

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11
Q

What is the pulse for
LV disharmony
Pain
Phlegm

A

Wiry

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12
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What is the pulse for 
Cold
Exterior cold (X-floating)
Interior full cold (X-full-deep)
Interior empty cold (X-weak-deep)
Pain
A

Tight

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13
Q

What is the pulse for
Damp with qi def
Yin def
Essence def

A

Soggy/ Weak-floating

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14
Q

What is the pulse for
Yang def
Blood def

A

Weak

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15
Q

What is the pulse for
Severe heat
HT qi def
HT fire

A

Hasty

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16
Q

What is the pulse for Cold with HT yang def

A

Knotted

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17
Q 
What is the pulse for 
Serious problem in internal organs
HT problems (western medicine sense)
A

Intermittent

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18
Q

What is the pulse for heat patterns

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Long

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19
Q

What is the pulse for
Severe Qi def
ST qi def

A

Short

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20
Q

What is the pulse for Severe qi and blood def

A

Minute

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21
Q

What is a generally healthy pulse

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Moderate/ slow down

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22
Q

What is the pulse for
hemorrhage
forthcoming hemorrhage (Hollow and rapid)

A

Hollow

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23
Q

What is the pulse for
Severe def of KD essence
Severe def of KD yin

A

Leather

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24
Q

What is the pulse for
Blood stasis
Interior cold (X- slow)
Pain

A

Firm

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25
Q

What is the pulse for
Severe def of Qi and blood
Severe def of KD qi
Severe condition

A

Scattered

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26
Q

What is the pulse for severe yang def

A

Hidden

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27
Q

What is the pulse for
shock, anxiety, fright
pain

A

Moving

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28
Q

What is the pulse for fire exhausting yin

A

Hurried

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29
Q

What is the pulse for
Entrance of a disease (with force)
Outwar floating of yang vacuity (w/o force)

A

Big

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30
Q

Felt with a light pressure of the fingers, just resting the fingers on the artery

A

Floating

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31
Q

Exterior: wind cold (if tight), wind heat (if rapid)

Def, Yin (if weak), serious qi/blood def

A

Floating

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32
Q

Can only be felt with a heavy pressure of the fingers and is felt near the bone

A

Deep

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33
Q

Interior, obstruction, Qi/Blood stasis if full, Yang def (if weak)

A

Deep

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34
Q

Fewer than three to four beats per resperation

A

Slow

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35
Q

Cold, excess cold (if strong), yang def (if weak)

A

Slow

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36
Q

Pulse that has more than five beats per breath

A

Rapid

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37
Q

Pulse that has more than seven beats per breath

A

racing pulse

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38
Q

Heat, Excess heat (if strong), yin def (if weak)

A

Rapid

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39
Q

Extreme heat. Yin exhaustion with floating yang

A

Racing pulse

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40
Q

Big, but without strength. Weak and soft. Lacks force. Is often found at superficial level

A

Empty

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41
Q

Qi/blood def (often dual def)

A

Empty

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42
Q

Big and strong. Pounding hard against the fingers at all three depths

A

Full

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43
Q

Excess, Full heat (if rapid), full cold (if slow)

A

Full

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44
Q

Surges with strength of a big pulse, hitting finger at all three depths, but leaves fingers with less strength
Superficial and generally feels as if it overflows the normal pulse channel

A

Surging

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45
Q

Excess heat. Heat has injured fluids and yin. Empty heat (if empty). Exhaustion of qi following a long illness

A

Surging

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46
Q

Fine thread but very distinct and clear.

Thinner than nomral

A

Thin

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47
Q

Qi, blood, or yin def dt stress or overstrain. Damp with severe qi def.

A

Thin

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48
Q

Extremely fluid, it feels smooth, like a ball bearing covered with viscous fluid. Arrives smoothly

A

Slippery

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49
Q

Accumulation of phlegm and/or food. Excess heat, retained fluid, normal in pregnancy.

A

Slippery

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50
Q

Uneven and rough, sometimes irregular in strength and fullness. Feels rough under the finger. Arrives roughly, slowly, and stagnating

A

Choppy

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51
Q

Blood or Jing def (if weak), Qi or Blood stasis (if strong

Body fluid exhaustion (following profuse sweating or vomiting)

A

Choppy

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52
Q

Taut feeling like a guitar or violin string

Strong, rebounds against pressure at all levels, hits fingers evenly, no fluidity or wave like qualities

A

Wiry

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53
Q

Pain, LV/GB disharmony, LV yin def or yang excess, phlegm, fluid retention

A

Wiry

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54
Q

Strong and seems to bounce from side to side like a taut rope
Fuller and more elastic than a wiry pulse
Vibrating and urgent, it seems faster than it actually is
Feels twisted like a thick rope

A

Tight

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55
Q

Cold, pain, accumulation of food, excess, stagnation

A

Tight

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56
Q

Thin + empty + floating, extremely soft,
Is less clear than a thin pulse and is only perceptible in superficial
Disappears with stronger pressure

A

Soggy

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57
Q

Damp, blood or jing def, yin def

A

Soggy

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58
Q

Soft and weak and thin. Felt at the deep level, like an inverted empty pulse

A

Weak

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59
Q

Qi and blood def. Extreme qi def (Qi can’t raise pulse), yang def

A

Weak

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60
Q

Rapid pulse that skips beats irregularly

A

Hasty

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61
Q

Excess yang heat, Qi/blood stagnation, accumulation of food or phlegm, collapse sx (if weak)
Heat agitating qi and blood
Severe heat, HT qi def, HT fire
Congested qi in UB

A

Hasty

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62
Q

Slow, irregular pulse that skips beats irregularly

A

Knotted

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63
Q

Excess yin, accumulation of qi, retention of cold phlegm, blood stasis, HT not ruling blood properly, HT qi or yang def,

A

Knotted

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64
Q

Usually skips more beats than the hasty or knotted but does so in a regular pattern

A

Intermittent

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65
Q

Declining Zang Qi or Yang qi. Painful syndrome, extreme fear or fright, wind. Serious HT disharmony, exhausted state of all the organs,

A

Intermittent

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66
Q

Perceptible beyond first and third positions

Continues to be felt closer to the hand or up to the elbow

A

Long

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67
Q

Excess (if tight/wiry), Normal (if normal strength and speed), Heat pattern, Surplus of Yang qi

A

Long

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68
Q

Does not fill the spaces under the three fingers and is usually felt in only one position

A

Short

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69
Q

Qi def. Severe qi def. St qi def.

A

Short

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70
Q

Extremely fine and soft, but lacks the clarity of the thin pulse, barely perceptible and seems about to disappear

A

Minute

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71
Q

Extreme def, severe def in qi and blood, sl. critical case of yang qi def

A

Minute

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72
Q

Normal in depth, strength, speed and width

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Moderate

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73
Q

Healthy, perfectly balanced, Damp (if sl. slippery)

A

Moderate

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74
Q

Feels like the stem of a green onion- solid on the outside but completely empty within. Often floating as well

A

Hollow

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75
Q

Blood def, great loss of blood, forthcoming hemorrhage (if rapid)

A

Hollow

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76
Q

Wiry, floating, empty feels like the tight skin on the top of the drum
Feels completely empty at the deep level

A

Leather

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77
Q

Blood or jing def. Severe def on KD essence or KD yin

A

Leather

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78
Q

Very deep, wiry, long, strong. Feels hard.

A

Confined

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79
Q

Obstruction dt cold, blood stasis, pain

A

Confined

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80
Q

Floating, big, weak
Larger but much less distinct than the empty pulse, tends to be felt primarily when it recedes. Feels broken into small dots

A

Scattered

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81
Q

Serious disharmony, KD yang exhausted and floating away

A

Scattered

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82
Q

Extreme form of the sinking pulse. Intense pressure must be applied to feel it. Feels hidden beneath the bone.

A

Hidden

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83
Q

Cold obstructing meridian (if strong), yang def if weak. Blocked evil.

A

Hidden

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84
Q

Short, tight, slippery, rapid. Felt in only one position. Trembles under the finger. No definite shape

A

Moving

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85
Q

Extreme condition. HT palp, intense fright, fever or pain.

A

Moving

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86
Q

Very rapid, but it also feels very agitated and urgent

A

Hurried

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87
Q

Fire exhausting Yin

A

Hurried

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88
Q

Broad in diameter, very distinct, suggest excess

A

Big

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89
Q

Heat in ST or intestines, outward floating of yang def

A

Big

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90
Q

Floating + Moderate

A

Wind damp

91
Q

Floating + empty

A

Summer heat damage

92
Q

Floating + slippery

A

Wind phlegm or food retention

93
Q

Floating + rapid

A

wind heat

94
Q

Floating + hollow

A

Blood loss

95
Q

Floating + scattered

A

Extreme taxation

96
Q

Floating + short

A

Qi disease

97
Q

Floating + choppy

A

Blood damage

98
Q

Floating + Tense

A

Wind cold

99
Q

Floating + surging, big

A

External summer heat

100
Q

Deep + slow

A

Interior cold

101
Q

Deep + rapid

A

Interior heat

102
Q

Deep + Moderate

A

Water damp

103
Q

Deep + confined

A

Cold accumulation

104
Q

Deep + Wiry

A

Swelling with pain, LV qi stag

105
Q

Deep + tight

A

Cold pain

106
Q

Deep + hidden

A

Choleraic disease

107
Q

Deep + Slippery

A

Phlegm and food accumulation

108
Q

Deep + Choppy

A

Depression of qi, blood stasis

109
Q

Slow + Floating

A

Exterior Cold

110
Q

Slow + Deep

A

Interior cold

111
Q

Slow + slippery

A

Phlegm, food

112
Q

Slow + Thin

A

Yang debility

113
Q

Slow + Wiry

A

Accumulation pain

114
Q

Slow + Moderate

A

Cold-damp

115
Q

Slow + Choppy

A

Blood def

116
Q

Rapid + Surging

A

Exuberant Yang excess heat (sores and welling abscess)

117
Q

Rapid + thin

A

Yin def with empty fire

118
Q

Rapid + rolling

A

Phlegm fire excess heat

119
Q

Rapid + Empty

A

Pulmonary wilting

120
Q

Rapid + choppy

A

Yin and blood injury and exhaustion

121
Q

Rapid + Hollow

A

Extreme loss of blood

122
Q

Rapid + wiry

A

LV fire

123
Q

Empty + floating

A

Qi def

124
Q

Empty + choppy

A

Blood def

125
Q

Empty + rapid

A

Yin def with internal heat

126
Q

Empty + slow

A

Yang def

127
Q

Empty + soggy

A

Wei qi def with spontaneous sweating

128
Q

Full + Deep

A

Internal excess

129
Q

Full + Floating

A

Exterior excess

130
Q

Full + tight

A

Damage by cold evil

131
Q

Full + slippery

A

Phlegm or food retention

132
Q

Full + rapid

A

Bowel heat, LU abscess

133
Q

Full + wiry

A

LV fire

134
Q

Overflowing + Big

A

Exuberant heat

135
Q

Overflowing + floating

A

Exterior heat, yin def

136
Q

Overflowing + deep

A

Internal heat, cold restraining heat

137
Q

Overflowing + tight

A

Distention (chest) and fullness

constipation with bleeding

138
Q

Overflowing + slippery

A

Phlegm heat

139
Q

Fine (Thin) + Deep

A

Damp impediment

Pain

140
Q

Fine (Thin) + minute

A

Yang def

141
Q

Fine (Thin) + rapid

A

Def heat

142
Q

Fine (Thin) + tight

A

Cold damage

143
Q

Fine (Thin) + Wiry

A

LV blood/ yin def

144
Q

Fine (Thin) + choppy

A

Blood def, qi stagnation

145
Q

Slippery + Floating

A

Wind phlegm

146
Q

Slippery + deep

A

Phlegm-rheum panting and coughing

Food retention

147
Q

Slippery + rapid

A

Damp- heat, phlegm fire, food damage

148
Q

Slippery + slow

A

Dysentery

149
Q

Slippery + wiry

A

Food stagnation, phlegm with lv qi stagnation

150
Q

Slippery + tight

A

Cold phlegm obstructing

151
Q

Choppy + wiry

A

Qi stagnation, blood stasis

152
Q

Choppy + deep

A

Interior def, yin debility

153
Q

Choppy + floating, thin

A

Large amounts of sweating damaging the fluids

Dried fluids

154
Q

Choppy + Floating

A

Exterior def

155
Q

Choppy + weak

A

Qi exhausted

156
Q

Choppy + minute

A

Blood def, yang def

157
Q

Wiry + rapid

A

Heat in LV channel

LV fire

158
Q

Wiry + rapid, thready

A

LV yin def

159
Q

Wiry + rapid, big

A

LV fire blazing

160
Q

Wiry + slow

A

SP/ST def cold

LV cold

161
Q

Wiry + floating

A

Propping-rheum

162
Q

Wiry + deep

A

Pain dt suspended rheum

Interior stagnation with pain

163
Q

Wiry + big w/o force

A

Def pattern

164
Q

Wiry + thin

A

Acute tetanic spasm

165
Q

Wiry + slippery

A

Phlegm-rheum

166
Q

Wiry + Tight

A

concentration and gathering

167
Q

Tight + Floating

A

Cold damage to Tai Yang

168
Q

Tight + Deep

A

cold accumulation and abdominal pain

169
Q

Tight + wiry

A

mounting accumulation and abdominal pain

Cold obstruction

170
Q

Tight + rapid

A

Simultaneous Heat and cold pattern

171
Q

Tight + full

A

Distention and pain

172
Q

Tight + choppy

A

Cold obstructions

173
Q

Soggy + wiry

A

Dizziness or numb fingers

174
Q

Soggy + choppy

A

Blood loss

175
Q

Soggy + rapid

A

Damp-heat

176
Q

Weak- + choppy

A

Blood def, essence def, cold or infertility

177
Q

Weak- + rapid

A

seminal emission

uterine bleeding

178
Q

Weak- + soggy

A

Spontaneous sweating

179
Q

Weak- + wiry, thin

A

Blood def,

Flaccid tendons

180
Q

Hasty + floating, forceful

A

Heat exuberance in the exterior

181
Q

Hasty + surging

A

Heat exuberance in Yang Ming

182
Q

Hasty + slippery

A

Phlegm-rheum, food retention

183
Q

Hasty + thin/minute

A

Debilitation of organ Qi

Separation of Yin and Yang

184
Q

Knotted + floating

A

Cold evil qi stagnating in channels

185
Q

Knotted + deep, choppy

A

Stasis accumulation

Qi/Blood stagnation with lumps

186
Q

Knotted + deep, weak

A

Ming men fire exhausted

187
Q

Knotted + slippery

A

Phlegm evil accumulation and stagnation

188
Q

Knotted + wiry

A

Binding depression of the seven emotions

189
Q

Intermittent + weak

A

Yuan qi def

SP/ST weakness

190
Q

Long + Floating

A

External pathogen or yin def

191
Q

Long + surging

A

Yang insanity or epilepsy

192
Q

Long + deep, thin

A

Lumps or tumors

193
Q

Long + slippery

A

Phlegm heat

194
Q

Long + soggy

A

Alcohol intoxication or cold

195
Q

Long + wiry

A

LV disharmony

196
Q

Short + floating

A

LU qi def or blood stasis

197
Q

Short + deep

A

KD qi def

198
Q

Short + rapid

A

Heart pain and irritability

199
Q

Short + slow

A

Cold def

200
Q

Short + rolling, rapid

A

Alcohol injuring SP

201
Q

Minute + soggy

A

Spasms

202
Q

Minute + weak

A

Spontaneous sweating

203
Q

Minute + choppy

A

Great blood loss

204
Q

Slow down + Floating

A

External damp or wind

205
Q

Slow down + deep

A

Damp obstructing

206
Q

Slow down + choppy

A

Blood def

207
Q

Slow down + slow, thin

A

Yang def

208
Q

Hollow + Rapid

A

yin def

209
Q

Hollow + empty, soggy

A

Essence def

Blood loss

210
Q

Hollow + Knotted

A

blood stasis

211
Q

Leather + slippery, big

A

Excess perspiration or diarrhea

212
Q

Leather + moderate, no spirit

A

Dead yin

Not treatable

213
Q

Firm + deep

A

Chronic cold disease

214
Q

Scattered + floating

A

Extreme def of blood and qi

215
Q

Hidden + slow

A

Extreme cold

Extreme yin ascending

216
Q

Hidden + rapid

A

Extreme heat

Extreme yang ascending

217
Q

Moving + weak

A

palpitations

218
Q

Moving + hollow

A

essence loss

219
Q

Moving + floating

A

External pathogen

220
Q

Big + floating

A

def or exterior heat

221
Q

Big + deep

A

Interior heat of KD def

222
Q

Big + wiry

A

Shao yang disharmony

223
Q

Big + moderate

A

Damp heat

224
Q

Big + floating

A

ST excess

Diagnostic Board (7 decks)

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