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Floating pulse
exterior, yang syndrome. usually excess
felt only at superficial
sinking/deep
interior, yin syndrome (can be def/ex)
felt only at deep level
slow
cold syndrome
<60bpm
rapid
heat syndrome
>90 bpm
swift
extreme heat and yin exhaustion
140-180 bpm
empty
deficiency syndrome - qi, blood, y/y
WEAK at all three levels
strong
excess syndrome - cold, ht, phelgm, qi, blood or food stagnation
FORCEFUL at all 3 levels
hollow/onion stalk
loss of blood or impairment of Yin (ie hemorrhage)
felt at superficial and deep levels only
minute pulse
deficiency, weaker than empty
BARELY palpable at any level
frail pulse
qi and blood def
only palpable at the deep level
hidden pulse
thready feeble and HARDLY palpable
- interior pathogens
- jue syndrome
- severe pain
** only palpable at very deep
moving/spinning bean
pain/fright
slippery/rolling
phelgm, fluid retention, excess ht, food stagnation, pregnancy
soggy/soft
def syndrome
damp accumulation
FELT AT SUPERFICIAL
flooding/tidal
excess ht
thready/thin
def syndrome or damp
wiry
liver /gb disease, pain, malaria, phelgm and damp retention
choppy/rough/hesitant
qi and blood stagnation
food stagnation
phelgm retention
essence impairment
blood def
hurried abrupt
rapid with irregularly missed beats
- excess ht
- qi and blood stagnation
- phlegm retention
- food stagnation
- prostration
knotted
slow with irregularly missed beats
- excess yin
- qi stag
-cold phlegm retention
- blood stag
intermittent
missed beats at regular intervals
-zang qi def
- wind syndrome
- pain
- emotional fear and fright
- injury or trauma
which pulses are felt on the superficial level? which ones are felt ONLY at the superficial level?
superficial: floating, strong, hollow/onion stalk, soggy/soft, empty(weak at all three levels)
only superficial: floating, soggy/soft
which pulses are felt on the deep level? which ones are felt ONLY on the deep level?
deep: empty(weak at all three levels), strong, hollow/onion stalk, frail, hidden
only deep: frail, hidden (v deep), sinking/deep
which pulse would you expect to have in a person with a very high heart beat?
swift (140-180bpm)
which pulse is weak at all three levels?
empty
which pulse is forceful at all three levels?
strong
which pulse can be felt only at superficial and deep levels?
hollow/onion stalk
which pulse is barely palpable at any level?
minute pulse
which pulse is felt only at the very deep level?
hidden
which pulse can be felt in a pregnant woman?
slippery/rolling
which pulse can be felt with Liver/GB disease
wiry
which pulses can be felt in px with fright, fear, pain?
intermittent, moving/spinning bean
which pulse can be felt in SEVERE pain?
hidden
which pulses are caused by excess heat?
strong
flooding/tidal
slippery/rolling
hurried/abrupt
which pulse can be felt by a patient experiencing a hemorrhage?
hollow/onion stalk
which pulse can be felt with malaria?
wiry
a rapid pulse with irregularly missed beats is
hurried/abrupt
a slow pulse with irregularly misses beats is
knotted
a pulse with missed beats at regular intervals is
intermittent
pulses associated with deficiency
empty
hollow/onion stalk
minute pulse
frail pulse
soggy/soft
thready/thin
choppy
what pulse is felt in the spring?
wiry
what pulse felt in summer?
flooding
what pulse is felt in late summer?
slippery
what pulse is felt in autumn?
floating
what pulse is felt in the winter?
sinking
a thin and small tongue body is
qi def
blood def
yin def (yin is substance)
a rough tongue body is
excess condition
a tender (smooth) tongue is
a deficiency syndrome
a swollen tongue is
damp/phlegm accumulation
yang def
teethe prints or scalopped edges on a tongue is
damp phlegm accum
qi def
normal
prickled (papular) tongue is
heat syndrome
a fissured tongue is
yin def (lack of subs)
blood deficiency
normal
a mirror tongue is
stomach qi exhaustion
yin exhaustion
a serious condition
what type of tongue body is considered a serious condition
mirror
a rigid tongue is caused by
heat invading the pc
excess ht impairing body fluids
phlegm accum
wind stroke
flaccid tongue is caused by
qi blood or yin deficiency
ht impairing body fluids
trembling tongue is caused by
qi blood or yang def
extreme heat producing wind
a deviated tongue is produced by
wind stroke
which tongue is caused by qi blood yin deficiency,
vs which tongue is caused by qi blood yang deficiency?
flaccid
trembling
the body colour of a tongue is based on the function of:
yin organs
blood
food qi
chronic illness
what foods can change tongue colour?
Coffee
Candy
Oranges
Herbal tinctures
Some herbal teas
Some juices
the thickness of a tongue is dependent on
Intensity of pathogenic factor
Weakness of body's Qi
a black, gray tongue with a cold pattern would have what kind of coating?
moist
a black, gray tongue with a heat pattern would have what kind of coating?
dry