Pulse Indications

Question 1

Which pulse indicates heart qi deficiency?

Answer 1

Knotted (slow irregular)

Question 2

Which pulse indicates liver qi stagnation or liver/GB issues?

Answer 2

Wiry (String-Taut)

Question 3

Which (three) pulses indicate phlegm?

Answer 3

Slippery (rolling)
Abrupt (Rapid irregular)
Wiry (string-taut)
Knotted (slow irregular)

I S.A.W. phlegm, oK

Question 4

Which (three) pulses indicate dampness?

Answer 4

Soggy (soft)
Slippery (rolling)
Thin (thready)

Thin damp thread

Question 5

Which (two) pulses indicate food stagnation?

Answer 5

Slippery (rolling)
Abrupt (Rapid irregular)

Roll the cinammon roll abruptly

Question 6

Which (three) pulses indicate pain?

Answer 6

Wiry
Intermittent (Consistently Irregular)
Tight (tense) - severe!

Cow Takes pain (milking a cow)

Question 7

Which (three) pulses indicate qi + blood deficiency?

Answer 7

Soggy (soft)
Frail (weak)
Thin (thready)

So Weak and Thirsty (need blood , need qi)

Question 8

Which (three) pulses indicate yin deficiency?

Answer 8

Thin (thready)
Floating (superficial)
Deep ??

Question 9

Which pulse indicates essence deficiency?

Answer 9

Choppy (hesistant)

Question 10

Which pulses indicate excess heat?

Answer 10

Rolling (slippery)
Flooding (surging)
Abrupt (rapid irregular)

Question 11

Which pulse indicates fright or fear?

Answer 11

Consistently irregular (intermittent)