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Week 2 - Floating Pulses Flashcards

1
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What are the floating pulses?

A

Floating, Scallion Stalk, Soggy, Scattered, Drumskin

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What are the deep pulses?

A

Deep, Hidden, Confined

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Describe a floating pulse

A

clearly felt with light pressing, somewhat weak with heavier pressing
Tends to be large

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4
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Superficial pulses are felt ________ with _____ touch and have their primary presence at that level.

A

Directly below the surface of the skin

Light

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5
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What pathologies are associated with a floating pulse?

A 
Exterior pattern
w/ force - repletion
w/o force - vacuity
Yin vacuity
Qi / Blood vacuity
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Describe a scallion stalk pulse

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Floating and large with empty center

soft, large and hollow

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What pathologies are associated with a scallion stalk pulse?

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blood loss, trauma, hemorrhage, loss of essence, heat disease damaging yin

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Describe a soggy pulse

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soft, floating, fine

felt with light pressure, gradually disappears as pressure deepens

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What pathologies are associated with a soggy pulse?

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qi & blood depletion
dampness
SP/ST vacuity cold

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Describe a scattered pulse.

A

floating, large
forceless
dissipates with any pressure

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What pathologies are associated with a scattered pulse?

A

debilitated KD qi

Yin, Yang, Qi & Blood vacuity

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Describe a drumskin pulse

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large, tight, hard on surface, empty with pressure

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13
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What pathologies are associated with a drumksin pulse?

A 
separation of yin and yang
blood collapse
depletion of essence
KD yang deficiency
Hospice pulse
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14
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Describe a deep pulse

A

felt with heavy pressure

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15
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What pathologies are associated with a deep pulse?

A

interior pattern

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16
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Describe a hidden pulse

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Can only be felt by pressing hard on the pulse

17
Q

What pathologies are associated with a hidden pulse?

A

Repletion evil hiding internally

Vacuity due to enduring disease - qi, blood, yin, yang vacuity

18
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Describe a confined pulse

A

Felt with heavy pressure

large, wiry, long, hard

19
Q

What pathologies are associated with a confined pulse?

A

internal repletion

20
Q

What are the pulse positions (distal to proximal)?

A

cun, guan, chi

21
Q

What organs are associated with each pulse position?

A 
Left cun - HT
Left guan - LV
Left chi - KD yin
Right cun - LU
Right guan - SP
Right chi - KD yang

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