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What pulse is felt with light pressure, higher than normal and less perceptible at the middle and deep levels?

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Floating pulse

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Pin Yin for Floating pulse

A

Fu Mai

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A pulse that is floating and tight indicates…

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Wind cold

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A pulse that is floating and rapid indicates…

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Wind heat

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A pulse that is floating at the superficial level and empty at the deep level indicates…

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Yin Deficiency

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What pulse is distinct only at the 3rd level when heavy pressure is applied?

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Deep (sinking) pulse

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Pin yin for deep pulse…

A

Chen Mai

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8
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A Deep (sinking) pulse indicates…

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Interior condition

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A pulse that is deep and full indicates…

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Pathogenic factor deep in the interior

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10
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A pulse that is deep and weak indicates…

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Def of Qi and Yang

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Which pulse has fewer than 4 beats per respiration?

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Slow pulse

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Pin yin for slow pulse

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Chi Mai

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13
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A slow pulse indicates…

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Cold pattern

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14
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A pulse that is slow and full indicates…

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Excess cold

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15
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A pulse that is slow and weak indicates…

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Deficiency cold

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16
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Which pulse has more than 5 beats per respiration?

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Rapid pulse

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17
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Pin yin for Rapid pulse

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Shu Mai

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18
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A rapid pulse indicates…

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Heat pattern

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19
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A pulse that is rapid and full indicates…

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Excess heat

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20
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A pulse that is rapid and thin indicates…

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Yin deficiency

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Which pulse is a big pulse but soft and without strength, and it can feel like a “balloon partially filled with water”?

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Empty pulse

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22
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Pin Yin for Empty pulse

A

Xu Mai

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23
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What does an Empty (deficient, vacuous) pulse indicate?

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Qi deficiency

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Which pulse is big, strong and pounding against the fingers at all 3 depths?

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Full pulse

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Pin Yin for Full pulse
Shi Mai
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A Full pulse indicates...
Excess pattern
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A pulse that is full and rapid indicates...
Excess heat
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A pulse that is full and slow indicates...
Excess cold
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Which pulse extends beyond the pulse position and arrives like waves bc it arrives flourishing but departs debilitated?
Surging (flooding, overflowing) pulse
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Pin Yin for Overflowing pulse
Hong Mai
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A Surging (flooding, overflowing) pulse indicates...
Extreme heat Frequently appears during a fever but can appear with chronic interior heat.
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A pulse that is Surging (overflowing) but empty on pressure indicates...
Yin deficiency
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A thin (thready, fine) pulse indicates...
- Blood deficiency - Dampness with severe Qi deficiency
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Pin Yin for thin fine pulse
Xi Mai
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Which pulse is thinner than normal, like fine thread but distinct?
Thin (fine, thready) pulse
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Which pulse feels like a smooth ball bearing covered in viscous fluid, that slides under the fingers?
Slippery pulse
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Pin Yin for Slippery pulse
Hua Mai
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A slippery (rolling) pulse indicates?
-Phlegm -Dampness -Retained food -Pregnancy
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Which pulse is uneven, rough and sometimes irregular?
Choppy pulse
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Pin Yin for Choppy pulse
Se Mai
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A choppy pulse indicates...
-Blood Def -Exhaustion of Body fluids
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Which pulse is taut feeling, like a guitar string, but thinner and harder than the tight pulse? It can be thin and long with no fluidity or wavelike qualities?
Wiry pulse
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Pin yin for Wiry pulse
Xian Mai
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A wiry pulse indicates...
-Pain -LV/GB disharmony -Phlegm
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Which pulse is fuller and more elastic than the Wiry pulse, but vibrating and urgent?
Tight pulse
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Pin Yin for the tight pulse
Jin Mai
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A tight pulse indicates...
-Cold -Pain -Stagnation
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Which pulse is felt only at the superficial level, and disappears when a stronger pressure is applied to the deep level?
Soggy (soft) pulse
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Pin Yin for Soggy pulse
Ru Mai
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A soggy (soft) pulse indicates...
-Yin Def -Essence Def -Damp w/ Qi def
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Which pulse is thin, empty, floating, extremely soft, and less clear than the thin pulse?
Soggy (soft) pulse
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Which pulse is soft, thin, only felt at the deep level?
Weak pulse
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Pin yin for weak pulse
Ruo Mai
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A weak pulse indicates...
-Yang deficiency -Blood deficiency
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Which pulse is rapid pulse and skips beats irregularly?
Hasty (abrupt, hurried) pulse
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Pin Yin for Hasty pulse
Cu Mai
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A hasty (abrupt, hurried) pulse indicates...
-Severe heat -HT Qi def -HT fire
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Which pulse is slow, and skips beats irregularly?
Knotted pulse
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Pin Yin for Knotted pulse
Jie Mai
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A knotted pulse indicates...
Cold with HT Yang def
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Which pulse skips more beats than a Hasty or Knotted pulse, but in a regular pattern?
Intermittent pulse
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Pin Yin for Intermittent pulse
Dai Mai
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An intermittent pulse indicates...
-Serious problem in internal organ -HT problem (from a western medical perspective)
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A Long pulse indicates...
Heat pattern
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Which pulse is perceptible beyond the 1st and 3rd positions?
Long pulse
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Pin Yin for Long pulse
Chang Mai
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A short pulse indicates...
-Severe Qi def -ST Qi Def -Possibly Yang Def
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Pin Yin for Short pulse
Duan Mai
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Which pulse does not fill the 3 positions and is usually only felt in one position?
Short pulse
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Which pulse is extremely fine and soft but lacks the clarity of the thin pulse?
Minute (faint) pulse
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Pin Yin for the Minute pulse
Wei Mai
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A minute (faint) pulse indicates...
Extreme deficiency of Qi and Blood
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Which pulse has normal depth, speed, strength and width and 4 beats each respiration?
Moderate pulse
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A moderate pulse indicates...
Healthy, balanced pulse
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Which pulse feels like pressing the stem of a green onion?
Hollow pulse
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Pin Yin for Hollow pulse
Kou Mai
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Which pulse is felt at the superficial level but if pressed is empty in the middle and found again at the deep level?
Hollow pulse
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A hollow pulse indicates...
Blood deficiency, hemorrhage
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A hollow, rapid pulse indicates...
Forthcoming hemorrhage
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Which pulse feels hard and tight at the superficial level, but completely empty at the deep level? It is a large pulse, not thin
Leather pulse
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Pin Yin for leather pulse
Ge Mai
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A leather (drumskin) pulse indicates...
-Severe deficiency of KD essence -Severe deficiency of KD yin
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A confined (firm) pulse indicates...
-Blood stasis -Interior cold -Pain
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Pin Yin for Confined/Firm pulse
Lao Mai
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Which pulse is felt only at the deep level and feels hard and wiry?
Confined (firm) pulse
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Scattered pulse
-Severe Qi and blood def -Severe KD Qi def -Serious condtion
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Pin Yin for scattered pulse
San Mai
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Feels very small and superficial, feels broken into small dots, floating, big and weak
Scattered pulse
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A hidden pulse indicates...
Severe yang deficiency
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Pin Yin for Hidden pulse
Fu Mai
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Which pulse feels as if it is hidden beneath the bone, very deep and difficult to feel?
Hidden pulse
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Which pulse has a round shape, is short and trembles under the finger?
Moving (spinning bean) pulse
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Pin Yin for Moving pulse
Dong Mai
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A moving (spinning bean) pulse indicates...
-Shock, fright, anxiety, -Pain pattern
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Which pulse is very rapid, but feels agitated or urgent?
Hurried pulse
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Pin Yin for hurried pulse
Ji Mai
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A hurried pulse indicates...
Fire exhausting Yin
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Which pulse is broad in diameter and distinct, large and full?
Big Pulse
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Pin Yin for big pulse
Da Mai
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A big pulse indicates...
Heat in ST or intestines

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