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TCM Pulse Diagnosis Flashcards

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Floating Pulse

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Pronounced at surface, deficient at lower depth
External Pattern

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Floating & Tight

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Wind Cold
Tai Yang External Excess Pattern

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Floating & Rapid

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Wind Heat

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Floating, Empty, & Rootless

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Chronic disease
Major blood loss
Severe Deficiency of Right Qi

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Deep Pulse

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Felt only at deep level
Interior disease

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Weak Pulse

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Deep, forceless, thin & small
Qi & Blood Deficiency
Yang Deficiency

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Deep, Wiry and/or Full Pulse

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Deep, forceful & tense; feels as though “tied” to the bone
Inner body stagnation
-Qi stagnation
-Interior excess heat
-Severe constipation
-Food stagnation
-Cold pain
-Phlegm retention

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Rapid/Fast Pulse

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6 beats per breath / 90-139 bpm
Heat (generally)

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Fast & Forceful

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Excess Heat

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Fast & Thin

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Deficiency Heat

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Fast, Forceless & Large

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Qi Deficiency

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Slow Pulse

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3 or less beats per breath / 40-60 bpm
Cold (generally)

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Slow & Weak Pulse

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Yang Qi Deficiency

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Slow & Forceful

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Obstruction of qi dynamic due to:
-cold
-phlegm turbidity
-blood stasis

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Slow in Pregnancy

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Uterine Deficiency Cold (insecurity of fetal qi)

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Moderate Pulse

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Slightly slower than normal (relaxed)
Smooth, flowing & resilient
No disease indications in absence of other s/s

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Moderate, Slightly Less Forceful

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Qi Deficiency

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Moderate, Slightly more Forceful

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Dampness

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Slippery Pulse

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Smooth, flowing, resilient; “like pearls in a dish”
Phlegm
Food Stagnation
Damp
Normal in pregnancy & athletes

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Slippery & Fast

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Damp Heat

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Slippery & Large

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Internal Excess Heat

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Rough or Choppy Pulse

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Opposite of slippery; “like a knife scraping bamboo”
Thin, slow, short & rough; beating w/ difficulty

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Rough & Forceful

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Blood Stasis

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Rough & Forceless

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Qi & Blood Deficiency maybe w/ Blood Stagnation

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Wiry Pulse

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Long, straight & tense, like a guitar string; usually somewhat forceful
Stagnation (generally)
Liver Patterns
Phlegm Cold / Phlegm Rheum
Pain
Cold Shan, ST Deficiency Cold, Acute Tetany, Ascites, Shao Yang Disease, Chest Bi, etc

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Wiry and Empty

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Ascending Yang due to Yin Deficiency
Spleen Stomach Deficiency Cold
LIV/SP or LIV/ST Disharmony

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Tight Pulse

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Like a twisted rope drawn tight
Similar to wiry but w/ marked forcefulness
Stagnation; more likely when there’s Cold or Pain

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Empty or Deficient Pulse

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Large & Forceless; slightly floating; palpable on surface but empty on firm pressure
Qi Deficiency
Qi & Blood Deficiency
Summerheat Damage

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Empty & Fast

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Yin Deficiency

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Soggy or Soft Pulse

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Similar to empty but thin rather than large; main feature is softness
Dampness
Qi Deficiency
Qi & Blood Deficiency
Loss of Blood due to collapse
Taxation Detriment w/ damage to Essence Blood

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Full or Excess Pulse

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Forceful, large, long, slightly wiry, palpable at all 3 depths
Food Stagnation or excess in bowels w/ bound stool
Normal in healthy/robust patients w/o disease signs

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Surging or Flooding Pulse

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Similar to full but stronger coming than going; like waves beating against rocks
Yang Ming Channel Disease
In Deficiency Patterns: serious damage to Right Qi w/ risk of suddent worsening of condition
Normal in healthy patients during summer

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Thin Pulse

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Thin & straight like a thread but palpable w/ moderate pressure; middle depth
Qi & Blood Deficiency

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Thin & Fast

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Yin Deficiency

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Thin & Faint

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Yang Deficiency

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Thin & Wiry

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Liver Yin Deficiency

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Faint Pulse

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Barely perceptible
Severe Acute Deficiency:
-loss of blood
-loss of fluids through profuse sweat, diarrhea, etc
-Collapse of Yang

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Long Pulse

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Extends beyond pulse positions
Long & resilient: no disease indications; abundant qi & blood
Long & wiry: similar to wiry indications (stagnation)

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Short Pulse

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Only felt at one position
Forceless: Qi & Blood Deficiency; Yang Qi Deficiency; Hemorrage
Forceful: Phlegm accumulation; Food Stagnation; Impaired flow of Qi & Blood

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Irregular Pulse

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Pulse skips beat w/in 50-beat intervals
Regular skips: Debilitation of the Qi of the Zang organs, particularly the Heart
Heart Bi patterns w/ Blood Stasis & Phlegm Turbidity obstructing the qi of the chest

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