Week 4 - Slow & Forceless Pulses

Question 1

What are the slow pulses?

Answer 1

Slow, Moderate, Rough/Choppy

Question 2

Describe a slow pulse

Answer 2

< 4 beats / breath

Question 3

What pathologies are associated with a slow pulse?

Answer 3

Cold pattern - excess/vacuity
Qi / Blood vacuity
Heat bind - Yang Ming Bowel Pattern

Question 4

Describe a moderate pulse

Answer 4

> 60 bpm
even
Feels slow although may not be

Question 5

What pathologies are associated with a moderate pulse?

Answer 5

Symptoms of pathology - Recovering

Question 6

Describe a rough/choppy pulse

Answer 6

Feels hesitant, uneven
< 4 beats / breath
< 60 bpm

Question 7

What pathologies are associated with a rough/choppy pulse?

Answer 7

Blood Stasis, Qi Stagnation, Phlegm, Blood Deficiency

Question 8

What are the forceless pulses?

Answer 8

Vacuous/Empty
Weak
Faint/Minute

Question 9

Describe a Vacuous/Empty pulse

Answer 9

Large, soft, slow, forceless, empty with pressure

Question 10

What pathologies are associated with a vacuous/empty pulse?

Answer 10

Blood vacuity
Fluid vacuity
summerheat / heat stroke
Qi vacuity

Question 11

Describe a weak pulse

Answer 11

Found at deep level w/ heavy pressure

thin, small, forceless

Question 12

What pathologies are associated with a weak pulse?

Answer 12

Qi / Blood Vacuity
Taxation - Chronic long-term illness
SP/ST yang vacuity

Question 13

Describe a faint / minute pulse

Answer 13

Fine, Soft, extremely slack, sometimes present / sometimes not

Question 14

What pathologies are associated with a faint pulse?

Answer 14

Yang collapse

Yin, Yang, Qi, Blood Vacuity