TCM150-Pulse

Question 1

Spring (wood) pulse?

Answer 1

Wiry

Question 2

Summer (fire) pulse?

Answer 2

Flooding

Question 3

Late summer (earth) pulse?

Answer 3

Slippery

Question 4

Autumn (metal) pulse?

Answer 4

Floating

Question 5

Winter (water) pulse?

Answer 5

Sinking

Question 6

Exterior yang pulse?

Answer 6

Floating

Question 7

Interior yin pulse?

Answer 7

Sinking

Question 8

Deep + weak pulse?

Answer 8

Interior deficiency

Question 9

Deep + strong pulse?

Answer 9

Interior excess

Question 10

Slow + forceful pulse?

Answer 10

cold excess

Question 11

Slow + weak pulse?

Answer 11

cold deficiency

Question 12

Rapid + forceful pulse?

Answer 12

heat excess

Question 13

Rapid + weak pulse?

Answer 13

heat deficiency

Question 14

Swift pulse?

Answer 14

Extreme heat + yin exhaustion nearing Qi collapse
(120-180 bam, 7/8 beats/breath)

Question 15

Empty pulse?

Answer 15

Deficiency (Qi, blood, Tang, yin)

Question 16

Strong pulse?

Answer 16

Excess (cold, heat, phlegm, Qi, blood, food stagnation)

Question 17

Minute pulse?

Answer 17

Deficiency syndrome
(barely palpable at any level)

Question 18

Frail pulse?

Answer 18

Qi + blood deficiency
(only palpable at deep level)

Question 19

Hidden pulse?

Answer 19

Thready + hardly palpable
(only felt very deep)

Question 20

Hallo/ onion stalk pulse?

Answer 20

Loss of blood/ impairment of yin
(superficial + deep levels only felt)
- not enough substance to travel in artery (no middle pulse)

Question 21

Moving/ spinning bean pulse?

Answer 21

Round shape like a bean, feeling short, slippery, rapid + forceful

Question 22

Slippery/ rolling pulse?

Answer 22

Phlegm + fluid retention, excess heat, food stagnation, pregnancy

Question 23

Soggy/ soft pulse?

Answer 23

Deficiency OR damp accumulation

Question 24

Flooding/ tidal pulse?

Answer 24

excess heat
waves come on strong + powerful and fade away like a tidal wave

Question 25

Thready/ thin pulse?

Answer 25

Deficiency or damp. (qi, blood, yin)

Question 26

Wiry pulse?

Answer 26

feels like string of instrument Liver + GB disease, pain, malaria or phlegm + damp retention

Question 27

Choppy/ rough/ hesitant

Answer 27

qi + blood stagnation, food stagnation, phlegm retention. essence impairment, blood deficiency

Question 28

Tympanic/ Leather

Answer 28

large, hallow + taut (drum surface) felt at superficial level loss of blood, impairment of essence

Question 29

Confined/ fixed/ prison pulse?

Answer 29

long, taut + forceful at deep level Cold accumulation Qi/ blood stagnation

Question 30

Scattered pulse?

Answer 30

Scattered/ uneven Qi exhaustion

Question 31

Tight/ tense

Answer 31

tight + forceful like stretched rope Cold syndrome, pain, food stagnation

Question 32

Long pulse?

Answer 32

liver yang hyperactive Excess heat syndrome

Question 33

Short pulse?

Answer 33

Qi stagnation/ deficiency

Question 34

Hurried/ abrupt?

Answer 34

excess heat qi blood stagnation phlegm retention food stagnation

Question 35

knotted pulse?

Answer 35

excess yin (cold) qi stagnation cold phlegm mention blood stagnation

Question 36

Intermittent/ regularly intermittent pulse

Answer 36

zang qi deficincy wind syndrom pain injury/ trauma emotional fear/ fright