Pulse Diagnosis Flashcards by A Flies

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

Floating pulse

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

Deep Pulse

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

Slow

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

Rapid

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What is the pulse for Qi def

Empty

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

Full

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

Overflowing

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

Fine/Thin

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What is the pulse for 
Phlegm
Damp
Retention of food
Pregnancy

Slippery

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What is the pulse for
Blood def
Exhaustion of body fluids

Choppy

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What is the pulse for
LV disharmony
Pain
Phlegm

Wiry

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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

Tight

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

Soggy/ Weak-floating

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What is the pulse for
Yang def
Blood def

Weak

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

Hasty

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What is the pulse for Cold with HT yang def

Knotted

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

Intermittent

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What is the pulse for heat patterns

Long

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What is the pulse for
Severe Qi def
ST qi def

Short

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What is the pulse for Severe qi and blood def

Minute

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What is a generally healthy pulse

Moderate/ slow down

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

Hollow

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

Leather

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

Firm

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

Scattered

What is the pulse for severe yang def

Hidden

What is the pulse for shock, anxiety, fright pain

Moving

What is the pulse for fire exhausting yin

Hurried

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

Big

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

Floating

Exterior: wind cold (if tight), wind heat (if rapid) | Def, Yin (if weak), serious qi/blood def

Floating

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

Deep

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

Deep

Fewer than three to four beats per resperation

Slow

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

Slow

Pulse that has more than five beats per breath

Rapid

Pulse that has more than seven beats per breath

racing pulse

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

Rapid

Extreme heat. Yin exhaustion with floating yang

Racing pulse

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

Empty

Qi/blood def (often dual def)

Empty

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

Full

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

Full

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

Surging

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

Surging

Fine thread but very distinct and clear. | Thinner than nomral

Thin

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

Thin

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

Slippery

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

Slippery

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

Choppy

Blood or Jing def (if weak), Qi or Blood stasis (if strong | Body fluid exhaustion (following profuse sweating or vomiting)

Choppy

Taut feeling like a guitar or violin string | Strong, rebounds against pressure at all levels, hits fingers evenly, no fluidity or wave like qualities

Wiry

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

Wiry

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

Tight

Cold, pain, accumulation of food, excess, stagnation

Tight

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

Soggy

Damp, blood or jing def, yin def

Soggy

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

Weak

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

Weak

Rapid pulse that skips beats irregularly

Hasty

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

Hasty

Slow, irregular pulse that skips beats irregularly

Knotted

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

Knotted

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

Intermittent

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

Intermittent

Perceptible beyond first and third positions | Continues to be felt closer to the hand or up to the elbow

Long

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

Long

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

Short

Qi def. Severe qi def. St qi def.

Short

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

Minute

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

Minute

Normal in depth, strength, speed and width

Moderate

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

Moderate

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

Hollow

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

Hollow

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

Leather

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

Leather

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

Confined

Obstruction dt cold, blood stasis, pain

Confined

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

Scattered

Serious disharmony, KD yang exhausted and floating away

Scattered

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

Hidden

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

Hidden

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

Moving

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

Moving

Very rapid, but it also feels very agitated and urgent

Hurried

Fire exhausting Yin

Hurried

Broad in diameter, very distinct, suggest excess

Big

Heat in ST or intestines, outward floating of yang def

Big

Floating + Moderate

Wind damp

Floating + empty

Summer heat damage

Floating + slippery

Wind phlegm or food retention

Floating + rapid

wind heat

Floating + hollow

Blood loss

Floating + scattered

Extreme taxation

Floating + short

Qi disease

Floating + choppy

Blood damage

Floating + Tense

Wind cold

Floating + surging, big

External summer heat

Deep + slow

Interior cold

Deep + rapid

Interior heat

Deep + Moderate

Water damp

Deep + confined

Cold accumulation

Deep + Wiry

Swelling with pain, LV qi stag

Deep + tight

Cold pain

Deep + hidden

Choleraic disease

Deep + Slippery

Phlegm and food accumulation

Deep + Choppy

Depression of qi, blood stasis

Slow + Floating

Exterior Cold

Slow + Deep

Interior cold

Slow + slippery

Phlegm, food

Slow + Thin

Yang debility

Slow + Wiry

Accumulation pain

Slow + Moderate

Cold-damp

Slow + Choppy

Blood def

Rapid + Surging

Exuberant Yang excess heat (sores and welling abscess)

Rapid + thin

Yin def with empty fire

Rapid + rolling

Phlegm fire excess heat

Rapid + Empty

Pulmonary wilting

Rapid + choppy

Yin and blood injury and exhaustion

Rapid + Hollow

Extreme loss of blood

Rapid + wiry

LV fire

Empty + floating

Qi def

Empty + choppy

Blood def

Empty + rapid

Yin def with internal heat

Empty + slow

Yang def

Empty + soggy

Wei qi def with spontaneous sweating

Full + Deep

Internal excess

Full + Floating

Exterior excess

Full + tight

Damage by cold evil

Full + slippery

Phlegm or food retention

Full + rapid

Bowel heat, LU abscess

Full + wiry

LV fire

Overflowing + Big

Exuberant heat

Overflowing + floating

Exterior heat, yin def

Overflowing + deep

Internal heat, cold restraining heat

Overflowing + tight

Distention (chest) and fullness | constipation with bleeding

Overflowing + slippery

Phlegm heat

Fine (Thin) + Deep

Damp impediment | Pain

Fine (Thin) + minute

Yang def

Fine (Thin) + rapid

Def heat

Fine (Thin) + tight

Cold damage

Fine (Thin) + Wiry

LV blood/ yin def

Fine (Thin) + choppy

Blood def, qi stagnation

Slippery + Floating

Wind phlegm

Slippery + deep

Phlegm-rheum panting and coughing | Food retention

Slippery + rapid

Damp- heat, phlegm fire, food damage

Slippery + slow

Dysentery

Slippery + wiry

Food stagnation, phlegm with lv qi stagnation

Slippery + tight

Cold phlegm obstructing

Choppy + wiry

Qi stagnation, blood stasis

Choppy + deep

Interior def, yin debility

Choppy + floating, thin

Large amounts of sweating damaging the fluids | Dried fluids

Choppy + Floating

Exterior def

Choppy + weak

Qi exhausted

Choppy + minute

Blood def, yang def

Wiry + rapid

Heat in LV channel | LV fire

Wiry + rapid, thready

LV yin def

Wiry + rapid, big

LV fire blazing

Wiry + slow

SP/ST def cold | LV cold

Wiry + floating

Propping-rheum

Wiry + deep

Pain dt suspended rheum | Interior stagnation with pain

Wiry + big w/o force

Def pattern

Wiry + thin

Acute tetanic spasm

Wiry + slippery

Phlegm-rheum

Wiry + Tight

concentration and gathering

Tight + Floating

Cold damage to Tai Yang

Tight + Deep

cold accumulation and abdominal pain

Tight + wiry

mounting accumulation and abdominal pain | Cold obstruction

Tight + rapid

Simultaneous Heat and cold pattern

Tight + full

Distention and pain

Tight + choppy

Cold obstructions

Soggy + wiry

Dizziness or numb fingers

Soggy + choppy

Blood loss

Soggy + rapid

Damp-heat

Weak- + choppy

Blood def, essence def, cold or infertility

Weak- + rapid

seminal emission | uterine bleeding

Weak- + soggy

Spontaneous sweating

Weak- + wiry, thin

Blood def, | Flaccid tendons

Hasty + floating, forceful

Heat exuberance in the exterior

Hasty + surging

Heat exuberance in Yang Ming

Hasty + slippery

Phlegm-rheum, food retention

Hasty + thin/minute

Debilitation of organ Qi | Separation of Yin and Yang

Knotted + floating

Cold evil qi stagnating in channels

Knotted + deep, choppy

Stasis accumulation | Qi/Blood stagnation with lumps

Knotted + deep, weak

Ming men fire exhausted

Knotted + slippery

Phlegm evil accumulation and stagnation

Knotted + wiry

Binding depression of the seven emotions

Intermittent + weak

Yuan qi def | SP/ST weakness

Long + Floating

External pathogen or yin def

Long + surging

Yang insanity or epilepsy

Long + deep, thin

Lumps or tumors

Long + slippery

Phlegm heat

Long + soggy

Alcohol intoxication or cold

Long + wiry

LV disharmony

Short + floating

LU qi def or blood stasis

Short + deep

KD qi def

Short + rapid

Heart pain and irritability

Short + slow

Cold def

Short + rolling, rapid

Alcohol injuring SP

Minute + soggy

Spasms

Minute + weak

Spontaneous sweating

Minute + choppy

Great blood loss

Slow down + Floating

External damp or wind

Slow down + deep

Damp obstructing

Slow down + choppy

Blood def

Slow down + slow, thin

Yang def

Hollow + Rapid

yin def

Hollow + empty, soggy

Essence def | Blood loss

Hollow + Knotted

blood stasis

Leather + slippery, big

Excess perspiration or diarrhea

Leather + moderate, no spirit

Dead yin | Not treatable

Firm + deep

Chronic cold disease

Scattered + floating

Extreme def of blood and qi

Hidden + slow

Extreme cold | Extreme yin ascending

Hidden + rapid

Extreme heat | Extreme yang ascending

Moving + weak

palpitations

Moving + hollow

essence loss

Moving + floating

External pathogen

Big + floating

def or exterior heat

Big + deep

Interior heat of KD def

Big + wiry

Shao yang disharmony

Big + moderate

Damp heat

Big + floating

ST excess

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