Slow Pulses

Question 1

What is the pulse quality of a moderate pulse?

Answer 1

4 beats/breath

Question 2

What is the Qi quality of a moderate pulse?

Answer 2

Primarily healthy; slightly deficient or constrained

Question 3

What patterns might be indicated by a moderate pulse?

Answer 3

Qi deficiency

Damp

Question 4

What is the pulse quality of a slow pulse?

Answer 4

3> beats/breath

55> beats/minute

Question 5

What is the Qi quality of a slow pulse?

Answer 5

Primarily at the interior; constrained and slowed

Question 6

What patterns might be indicated by the slow pulse?

Answer 6

Qi or Yang deficiency
Internal cold accumulation
Heat due to stagnation

Question 7

What is the pulse quality of a choppy pulse?

Answer 7

Slightly slow, fine, and short; forceful

Question 8

What is the pulse quality of the choppy pulse?

Answer 8

Constrained and slow

Question 9

What patterns might be indicated by a choppy pulse?

Answer 9

Blood stasis

Blood dryness

Question 10

What is the pulse quality of a knotted pulse?

Answer 10

Slow and irregularly arrhythmic

Question 11

What is the Qi quality of a knotted pulse?

Answer 11

Deficient or constrained; slowed

Question 12

What patterns might be indicated by a knotted pulse?

Answer 12

Internal cold accumulation affecting Heart or Kidney
Internal phlegm accumulation affecting the Heart or Kidney
Blood stasis with Qi deficiency

Question 13

What are the 4 slow pulses?

Answer 13

1. Moderate
2. Slow
3. Choppy
4. Knotted