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Pulses Flashcards

1
Q

Which side when taking the pulse, should be stronger in men? Which side should be stronger in women?

A

Left side, stronger on men (yang)
Right side stronger on women (yin)

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2
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What are the normal pulses per season?

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Spring – wiry
Summer – full / overflowing
Fall – deficient, floating, soggy, thready
Winter – deep, strong

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3
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What is the clinical significance of floating pulse?

A

Exterior syndrome
Deficiency

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4
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Qi deficiency

A

Weak
Thready

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5
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Qi stagnation

A

Wiry

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6
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Blood Deficiency

A

Weak
Slow
Thready

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7
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Blood loss Pulse

A

Hollow
Leathery

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8
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Blood Stagnation

A

Choppy
Knotted

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9
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Cold Pulse

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  • Weak (yang xu)
  • Knotted
  • Slow
  • Tight (excessive cold)
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10
Q

Heat with Excess Yang Pulse

A

Floating
Overflowing
Rapid
Full
Slippery

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11
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Damp/phlegm Pulse

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Soggy
Slippery
Knotted (stagnation)

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12
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Food stagnation Pulse

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Wiry
Slippery

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13
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Pain/Terror Pulse

A

Deep
Rapid
Intermittent
Tight
Wiry

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14
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Describe a floating pulse?

A

Floating pulse, feels strong under slight pressure, loses strength with more pressure. Most often felt on the superficial level.

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15
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Describe what a deep pulse feels like?

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A deep pulse can only be felt under strong pressure at the level of tendons and bones

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16
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Describe what a rapid pulse feels like?

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A rapid pulse is 90 bpm or 5 to 6 beats per practitioner breath

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17
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Describe what a slow pulse feels like?

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A slow pulse is less than four beats per practitioner broth or 60 bpm

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18
Q

What does an empty pulse feel like?

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An empty pulse feels big and soft, weak, when lifting and pressing

19
Q

What does a full Pulse feel like?

A

I thought pulse feels hard fall long, and felt in all positions on all levels

20
Q

Describe the pulse Speeds ?
From Slow —-> Racing

A

Slow - < 4 breaths, < 60 bpm
Moderate - 4 breaths, 60-70 bpm
Normal - 4-5 breaths, 72 bpm
Rapid - 5-6 breaths, 90 - 120 bpm
Racing - 7-8 breaths, > 140 bmp

21
Q

Why can we take the pulse @ the LU 9 position?

A

Because lung is meeting place of the hundred vessels. Therefore, you on source point, lung nine is the meeting point of all blood vessels.

22
Q

Clinical Indications - FLOATING ?

A

Exterior syndrome
General Qi and Blood xu
Seen in slim people

23
Q

Clinical Indications - OVERFLOWING?

A

Hyperactive Heat
Empty heat (false yang)
Normal in summer

24
Q

Clinical Indications - SOGGY ?

A

Deficiency
Dampness
Can be normal in Fall
SP qi xu causing damp

25
Q

Clinical Indications - DEEP

A

Interior syndrome
Normal in winter
Normal in muscular people

26
Q

Clinical Indications - WEAK ?

A

Deficiency:
Qi
Blood
Jing and Blood XU lead to Yang XU

27
Q

Clinical Indications - SLOW PULSE?

A

Cold
Extreme Heat (yang Ming ST)

**think of blood congealing, moving slower

Normal in sleeping or athletic people

28
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Clinical Indications - SLIPPERY PULSE?

A

Qi and Blood Stag
Food retention
Pregnant
Blood heat
Phlegm

29
Q

Clinical Indications - KNOTTED PULSE?

A
  • Interior cold (blood congeals)
  • Qi, Blood or Phlegm stagnation

Knotted indicates stagnation

30
Q

Clinical Indications - RAPID PULSE?

A

Heat syndrome

Normal in athletic people and children

31
Q

Clinical Indications - FEEBLE PULSE?

A

Yin / Yang XU
Qi / Blood XU

32
Q

Clinical Indications - THREADY PULSE?

A

Qi and Blood XU

33
Q

Clinical Indications - INTERMITTENT ?

A

Deficiency - regular intermittent
Stasis- irregular intermittent
Blood Heat - irregular intermittent

34
Q

Clinical Indications - FULL ?

A

Excess syndrome (heat or fire)
Normal in Healthy people
Normal summer pulse

35
Q

Clinical Indications - SLIPPERY PULSE?

A

Pregnant women
Normal in healthy teenagers
Food / Phlegm retention
Blood Heat
Dampness

36
Q

Clinical Indications - TIGHT PULSE?

A

Excess Cold
Pain
Food Retention

37
Q

Clinical Indications - WIRY ?

A

Excess
Pain
LIV / GB syndrome
Normal in healthy seniors
Normal in Spring

38
Q

Name 4 excess pulses?

A

Full
Tight
Wiry
Overflowing

39
Q

Name the 4 deficiency pulses?

A

Soggy
Weak
Empty
Thready

40
Q

Name the 5 PAIN pulses?
Which one of those indicates severe pain?

A

Hidden **severe

Moving
Intermittent
Tight
Wiry

41
Q

What are the 3 intermittent pulses?

A

Dai Mai - intermittent
Jie Mai - bound, knotted
Cu Mai - skipping, hurried, abrupt

42
Q

What does DAI Mai intermittent pulse indicate?

A

Deficiency

There isn’t enough qi to push the blood through. It’s like the pulse has to stop and take a rest before it can start going again. This happens with regularly-irregular pulses.

43
Q

What does Jue Mai knotted plus indicate?

A

Obstruction

This could be qi stagnation, blood stasis, phlegm, or food stagnation. The obstruction is blocking the pulse from moving at a regular rhythm. This happens with irregularly-irregular pulses.

44
Q

What does Cu Mai skipping/hurried pulse indicate?

A

Heat or Fire

When there’s too much yang, it begins to separate and move ahead of the yin. So it’s like the qi is skipping ahead of blood. This happens with pulses that are irregularly-irregular and rapid.

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