Pulses -Surging, Minute, Tight, Leisurely, Hollow and Wiry Flashcards
A Flooding Pulse is also known as what kind of pulse?
Surging Pulse
What is the sensation of a Flooding Pulse?
Each beat comes with force, but recedes quickly and without strength
The next beat comes almost as soon as the previous one leaves, like waves on a beach as the tide comes in
What is the meaning of a Flooding pulse?
Normal in summertime
If felt in any other season, it indicates heat due to either Yin or Blood deficiency causing Yang to flare out of control because it is anchored
I can also indicate an Excess condition or Stagnation engendering fire
How to differentiate a flooding pulse?
Do not confuse with a full pulse
A flooding pulse will feel longer and more wiry than a full pulse
While a full pulse bounces up and down in place, a Flooding pulse impatiently pushes forward past the 3 pulse positions.
What does a flooding pulse in the cun position indicate?
Heart Fire Fire consuming the Lungs -Coughing up Blood -Asthma -Chest pain
What does a flooding pulse in the guan position indicate?
Liver-Fire with injury to Stomach fluids (jin) and weakness of the Spleen
What does a flooding pulse in the chi position indicate?
Damage to Kidney Yin and Jing with Empty Fire blazing
What is the sensation of a Minute pulse?
This is very thin, forceless pulse
It is so thin and forceless that you may not find it… once you do, you might lose it again.
What is the meaning of a minute pulse?
Deficiency of both Yin and Yang
-Extreme deficiency of both Qi and Blood
Yang Qi cannot consolidate the Exterior, leading to:
-Aversion to cold
-Excessive perspiration
-Fever
In men, extreme deficiency and taxation to Qi, Blood, Yin and Yang in men
-Chronic overwork or excessive sexual activity
In women, chronic uterine bleeding and vaginal discharge
-Injury can also be due to chronic work
Differentiation of a minute pulse?
Do not confuse with weak pulse
-While forceless and thin, a weak pulse can still be felt clearly at deep level
-A minute pulse is indistinctly felt no matter what level you press down to
A minute pulse does not miss a beat, unlike the hasty, knotted or intermittent pulses
What does a minute pulse in the cun position indicate?
Lung Qi Deficiency
-Difficulty breathing
Deficiency of the Heart leading to palpitations
What does a minute pulse in the guan position indicate?
Deficiency of the Spleen and Stomach
-Abdominal distension and fullness
What does a minute pulse in the chi position indicate?
Deficiency of Jing and Kidney-Yang
- Aversion to cold
- Whole body pain
- Jaundice
- Diabetes
What is the sensation of a tight pulse?
The tight pulse feels like a tightly stretched rope, and seems to vibrate left to right
-It pushes back on and tries to get around the pressure from your fingers
The pulsations come and go with force
It edges are not as defined as a wiry pulse
What is the meaning of a tight pulse?
Invasion of Exterior Cold constricting the flow of Qi and Blood in the channels
- Coughing and asthma if Cold has invaded the Lungs
- Epilepsy if Cold has attacked the Liver
- Abdominal pain and vomiting if Cold has invaded the Spleen
- Whole body aches and pains; Cold-bi
How do you differentiate a tight pulse?
Unlike the wiry pulse, a tight pulse vibrates left to right under pressure, as if trying to escape palpation
-A tight pulse does not have as well-defined edges as a wiry pulse
A full pulse dips below the level of palpability with each beat and does not vibrate
Floating and Tight =
Exterior Cold
Sunken and Tight =
Cold lodged at the interior
A tight pulse in the cun position indicates
Exterior Cold obstructing the chest if felt on the left
Cold injuring the Interior if felt on the right (LU 9 is the Hui-meeting point of the 100 vessels)
A tight pulse in the guan position indicates
Cold obstructing the Middle Jiao causing abdominal pain
A tight pulse in the chi position indicates
Running piglet qi
Whole-body aches and pain
Hernia pain
What is the sensation of a leisurely pulse
4 beats per respiration
This pulse can be combined with other pulse images, but by itself, should be neither too tight or forceful, nor slack and weak
What is the meaning of a leisurely pulse
Abundance of Shen-Qi… prognosis good
No matter what other pulse image may be combined with it, a leisurely pulse indicates that the foundation of Shen - what keeps Shen rooted in the body – ST and KD qi, are functioning, and that KD qi is abundant
Leisurely and floating =
Invasion of Wind with deficient Ying and excessive Wei Qi
