Week 8 Pulse and Definition

Question 1

-felt on superficial level -strength decreases slightly in deeper levels, but doesn’t feel empty

Answer 1

Superficial/Floating

Question 2

• located deep next to the bone

- can’t be felt with light touch or moderate force

Answer 2

Deep

Question 3

• 40-60 bpm
• less than 3 times per breath
• regular rhythm

Answer 3

Slow

Question 4

• 90-140 bpm

- 5 beats/breath

Answer 4

Fast/ Rapid

Question 5

• felt in all 3 positions at all 3 levels
• long, large, and forceful
• feeling of fullness

Answer 5

Excess

Question 6

• pulse size is wide, but without strength
• forcless and slack in tension
• forceslles in all 3 positions

Answer 6

Deficient

Question 7

-vessel is wide

Answer 7

Large/Big

Question 8

• width is very thin

- feels like fine thread

Answer 8

Thready/ Small/ Thin

Question 9

• pulse extends into other positions (cun, guan, chi)

- smooth and straight

Answer 9

Long/ Overflowing

Question 10

• pulse can’t be felt in all there positions

- pulse absent in cun and or chi position

Answer 10

Short

Question 11

• pulse moves quickly, smoothly, and slippery

- like pearl rolling on plate

Answer 11

Rolling/Slippery

Question 12

• slow and waves not smooth
• irregular rhythm
• irregular strength and fullness

Answer 12

Hesitant/Choppy

Question 13

-rapid with irregular pauses

Answer 13

Abrupt/Running

Question 14

-slow with irregular missed beats

Answer 14

Knotted

Question 15

• slow and weak

- pauses are regular intervals

Answer 15

Intermittent

Question 16

• superficial, thin

- hits finger without strength

Answer 16

Soft/Soggy

Question 17

• deep and thin

- hits finger without force

Answer 17

Weak

Question 18

• feels taut, long, and forceful

- maintains straight line under fingers

Answer 18

Wiry/String-taut

Question 19

• like wiry but more intense

- pulse rises and falls with strength and vibrates

Answer 19

Tense/Tight

Question 20

• wide and forceful, but fades gently

- like ocean eave

Answer 20

Surging

Question 21

• wide and slack when touched

- hollow on inside

Answer 21

Hollow

Question 22

• large (thick and wide), superficial, string-like

- taut when touched lightly but hollow when pressing deeply

Answer 22

Leather

Question 23

• wide, superficial, weak, and loose

- indistinct and unclear

Answer 23

Scattered

Question 24

• pulse not felt when touching, seeking, or pressing

- only felt pressing to bone

Answer 24

Hidden

Question 25

• deep, taught, long, wide, fixed, and forceful

- deep location

Answer 25

Firm

Question 26

• vessel extremely thin and forceless
• pulse felt and then not felt
• when pressing deeply becomes vague

Answer 26

Minute/Faint

Question 27

-leisurely, slowed down

Answer 27

Moderate

Question 28

• rapid and slippery
• forceful in Guan position
• bean bouncing in vessel

Answer 28

Moving/Bouncing

Question 29

• 140-180 BPM
• extremely rapid
• regular rhythm

Answer 29

Swift/Racing