Pulses Flashcards
What 2 conditions have a full choppy hesitant rough pulse
qi stasis
blood stasis
What 2 conditions have a thin, choppy, hesitant rough pulse?
blood xu
essence xu
what does the word choppy mean about the pulse?
irregular in fullness, jagged edge
surging, flooding, overflowing pulse
xs heat injuring fluids/yin
what does an empty, surging, flooding, overflowing pulse indicate?
qi exhaustion after long illness
What 3 conditions have a thin/fine/thready pulse
blood xu
yin xu
dampness w/qi xu
tight
cold, usually xs
floating
xterior cold
deep
interior cold
Where do you feel the soggy/soft/weak-floating pulse?
right under the skin
What 2 conditions have a weak/frail pulse
qi xu
yang xu
thin/weak frail
blood xu
Is a hasty/abrupt/hurried/skipping pulse xs or xu?
xs pulse
hasty/abrupt/hurried/skipping and weak
HT qi xu
What does a knotted/bound pulse feel like?
slow and skips beats irregularly
define an intermittent pulse
regularly irregular
= serious debilitation of all organs
Name 3 conditions for an empty/xu/vacuous pulse
qi xu
blood xu
organ xu
What does a rapid full/xs/forceful pulse indicate?
full pattern
rapid = xs heat
where is a long pulse felt?
The long pulse is felt closer to the hand or up toward the elbow.
Traditionally the normal pulse has?
a) ST qi, spirit, root
b) spirit and root
c) ST qi and spirit
d) ST qi, spirit, root and rhythm
a) ST qi, spirit, root
The ST qi is the source of qi and blood
full/xs/forceful pulse
full pattern
rapid = xs heat
slow = xs cold
What does a minute/faint pulse feel like? What does it indicate?
it’s fine, soft and barely perceptible and indicates extreme xu of qi and blood
Pt has no appetite or just slt hunger, dry stools, dull burning, epigastric pain and mouth dryness esp in the afternoon. Pulse?
a) right middle floating empty
b) right middle floating empty rapid
a) right middle floating empty
dx = ST yin xu. No signs of empty heat yet which would add rapid
Pt has dizziness, easy fatigue, dull pale complexion, poor appetite, blurred vision, pale nails, numbness in the limbs and scanty menses. Pulse?
a) choppy or fine
b) fine or wiry
c) empty or knotted
a) choppy or fine
Pt has dizziness, tinnitus, depression, poor memory, dry mouth at night, night sweats, sore back, thirst, constipation, dark scanty urine. T= red w/o coat. Pulse?
a) empty
b) floating empty
c) empty rapid
d) floating empty rapid
d) floating empty rapid
dx = KD yin xu
yang is no longer rooted in the yin and floats up. Empty heat = rapid pulse
Where does the soggy/soft/weak-floating pulse come from?
a) damp from xs or xu
b) essence xu
Name 5 syndromes for hasty/abrupt/hurried/skipping pulse
a) xs HT yang
b) HT fire
c) congested qi in upper jiao
d) phlegm accumulation
e) food accumulation
What does a slow full/xs/forceful pulse indicate?
full pattern
slow = xs cold
What does a long pulse indicate?
It indicates xs heat when there is a surplus of yang qi
name 3 intermittent pulse conditions
a) HT problems
b) wind patterns
c) pain patterns
Name 4 syndromes for knotted/bound pulse
a) cold retention
b) HT blood stasis
c) PC phlegm
d) HT qi/yang xu
