Sinking pulses Flashcards
What is the pulse quality of a sinking pulse?
Felt near the bone w/ deep pressure only
What is the Qi quality of a sinking pulse?
Primarily at the interior
What patterns might be indicated by a sinking pulse?
Internal cold
Deep obstruction of Qi and Blood
What is the pulse quality of a Hidden pulse?
Deeper than a deep pulse - felt beneath the sinews and only with heavy pressure
What is the Qi quality of a hidden pulse?
Deeply interior
What patterns might be indicated by a Hidden pulse?
Inversion pattern (yang retreat if from extremities to core - direction of Yang inverts) Extreme pain
What is the pulse quality of a confined pulse?
Deep and wiry
Complex pulse - two different pulses
What is the Qi quality of a confined pulse?
Primarily at the interior; constrained
What patterns might be indicated by a confined pulse?
Constrained yang
Accumulated disorders
Internal xs cold
What is the pulse quality of a Weak pulse?
Deep, but fine and forceless
More Qi deficient than soft pulse
What is the Qi quality of a weak pulse?
Primarily interior; deficient
What patterns might be indicated by a weak pulse?
Strong Qi deficiency, possibly with blood deficiency
What is the pulse quality of a thready pulse?
Thin and forceless, but with defined edges
What is the Qi quality of a thready pulse?
Primarily at the interior; deficiency and constrained
What patterns might be indicated by a thready pulse?
Qi deficiency with blood or yin deficiency; stagnation
