Week 7 Pulse Flashcards
Left guan, cun, Chi
SI/ HT
GB/L
UB/Kd yin
Right guan, cun, chi
LU/LI
SP/ST
(kd yang)
PC/SJ
Superficial level
Energy type:
Energy level:
Organ:
QI and yang organs
or
exterior disease
or
heart and lungs
Middle level
Energy type:
Energy level:
Organ:
State of BLOOD
or
SP/ST disease
or
SP/ST
Deep
Energy type:
Energy level:
Organ:
YIN and the yin organs
or
Interior disease
or
Liver KD
Lifting
gently lifting fingers to check strength of pulse at superficial level
Normal, floating, xu at this level
Pressing
pressing for strength in middle and deep
Deep normal or xu
at deep level: Deep hollow hidden empty
Searching
Pace- slow rapid fast
Pushing
gently moving lateral to medial to interpret:
slippery, wiry, leather, tight, choppy, fine, minute,
Rolling
moving fingers prox to distal to determine short, long, or moving
factors to take into account for pulse taking
season, gender, occupation
Normal pulse
Stomach qi
spirit
root
Stomach qi
soft, calm, gentle
Spirit
regular, soft
Root
deep and 3rd
6 step pulse taking
pulse as a whole
spirit, stomach, root
3 levels, 3 positions
strength
quality as whole
quality individually
Floating
light pressure resting on artery
Normal BPM 1-4
90 or more
BPM 4-10
84
BPM 10-16
78/80
BPM 16-35
76
BPM 35-50
72/70
BPM 50+
68
Floating (2)
Ext. Wind
Yin Xu
Deep Feeling
Felt with heavy pressure felt near bone
Deep (2)
Int. pathogenic factor
Yang Xu
Slow Feeling
3 beats per respiration cycle
Slow (3)
Slow weak
Full cold
Cold pattern
Empty cold
Full Cold
Rapid Feeling
more than 5 bpm in resp cycle
rapid (3)
rapid full
floating-empty rapid
heat
full heat
empty heat
empty
big but soft
ssl strong pressure and its soft
empty (1)
qi xu
Full
full but hard and long
Full (3)
full rapid
full slow
full
full heat
full cold
Slippery feeling
smooth, round, slippery, slides under fingers
Slippery (4)
phlegm
damp
retention of food
pregnancy