Week 9- Pulse Continued

Question 1

what do hollow and leather pulses have in common?

Answer 1

• empty vessel
• floating
• wide

Question 2

with hollow pulse is the vessel soft or taut

Answer 2

soft= like green onion

Question 3

with leather pulse is the vessel soft or taut

Answer 3

taut

Question 4

what is the indication of hollow and leather pulse?

Answer 4

-blood loss or yin impairment

Question 5

large and flooding pulse both have what indication?

Answer 5

excess heat

Question 6

what is the difference between a large and flooding/surging pulse?

Answer 6

• large= waves comes evenly

- flooding/surging= waves come arrives strong and then fades

Question 7

a large pulse indicates excess heat and +++++

Answer 7

yin or essence deficiency

Question 8

excess and flooding pulses are excess or deficinecy

Answer 8

excess

Question 9

the short pulse belongs to yin or yang

Answer 9

yin- indicates deficiency

Question 10

the moving pulse belongs to yin or yang

Answer 10

yang - excess syndrome

Question 11

a moderate pulse indicates what?

Answer 11

Sp/ST deficiency or normal

Question 12

a slow pulse indicates what?

Answer 12

cold

Question 13

wiry and taut pulses are excess or deficiency?

Answer 13

excess

Question 14

between wiry and tight pulse- which one vibrates

Answer 14

tight- like a violin string that is too tight

Question 15

wiry and tight pulse indicate what?

Answer 15

pain

Question 16

a wiry pulse indicates what?

Answer 16

LV/GB disease, phlegm, malaria

• pain
• stress, anxiety, PMS

Question 17

a tight pulse indicates what?

Answer 17

cold

pain

Question 18

between soggy and frail pulse which one is superficial and which one is deep

Answer 18

soggy=superfiicial

frial=deep

Question 19

soggy and frail pulses both indicate

Answer 19

qi and blood deficiency

Question 20

what pulse is superficial, thin, and weak

Answer 20

soggy

Question 21

which is a deeper pulse, submerged or hidden?

Answer 21

hidden

Question 22

what pulse is deep, excess, wide, and forceful

Answer 22

firm/confined

Question 23

a deep/submereed pulse indicates what?

Answer 23

interior syndrome

Question 24

a hidden pulse indicates what?

Answer 24

obstruction/pain

Question 25

a firm pulse indicates what?

Answer 25

excess cold, mass, hernia

Question 26

which pulse is rapid with irregular pauses

Answer 26

rapi

Question 27

which pulse is slow with irregular pauses

Answer 27

slow

Question 28

which pulse is a normal rate with regular pauses (a rhythm to the pauses)

Answer 28

intermittent

Question 29

abrupt/rapid pulse indicates

Answer 29

excess heat

-stagnation

Question 30

a slow/knotted pulse indicates

Answer 30

cold stagnation

heart qi deficiency

Question 31

what pulse is superficial without root, vague pulse wave, unethym rythm

Answer 31

scattered

Question 32

pulse is extremely thin and weak independent of depth

Answer 32

faint= sever deficiency

Question 33

Irregular menstruation pulse

Answer 33

• slightly sluggish or frail in the Chi position

- normal in the other two positions

Question 34

Amenorrhea pulse

Answer 34

1. Chi pulse= deficient, thin, and choppy= qi and blood deficiency.
2. submerged, wiry, and choppy= excess
3. slippery and intermittent= excess

Question 35

pregnant pulse

Answer 35

slippery and rapid

Question 36

causes for pulse/symptom disagreement

Answer 36

-Sudden onset
•  Mild illness
•  Internal obstruction
•  Coexistence of disease 
•  Constitutional different