Pulse Comparion:

explain the categories of Floating Pulse

1. Floating (Fu)

2. Flooding (Hong)

3. Soggy (Ru)

4. Hollow (Kou)

5. Leather (Ge)

6. Scattered (san)

1. superficial, exterior, deficiency

2. Full & large, feeble going Exuberant Heat

3. Floating, thin & soft deficiency, dampness

4. Floating, large and hollow, sudden, profuse loss of blood

5. Floating, stringy, exteriorly, loss of blood, taut and interiorly hollow in premature labor, metrorrhagia

6. Floating, diffusing Exhaustion of Yuan Qi

Categories of Deep Pulse:

1. Deep (chen)

2. Hidden (fu)

3. Firm (lao)

4. Weak (ruo)

1. Distinct only on heavy pressing interior, deficiency & excess

2. Deeper than deep, pressing hard to the bone, syncope, severe pain, blockage pathogens

3. Can only be felt at the deep level: large, wiry & long, excess cold, Qi stagnation & blood stasis

4. Forceless and thin at the 3 positions and any region. Disappears when press hard Qi, Blood, Yin and Yang Deficiency

Category of Slow Pulse

1. Slow

2. Moderate

3. Choppy

4. Knotted

1. Under 60 beats/min, forceful excess cold pattern if Forceless Deficiency cold pattern

2. 60-70/min: could be normal or damp

3. Rough like scraping bamboo strip with dull knife. Could be irregular rhythm. Blood stasis, blood deficiency, fluid deficiency

4. Slow & skip beat at irregular intervals. Stagnation of Qi, Blood, cold & food if forceful. Heart Qi or Heart blood deficiency

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