| Question | Answer |
| floating | external wind
yin def |
| deep | pathogenic factor in the interior
yang def |
| slow | cold
empty cold
full cold |
| rapid | heat
full heat
empty heat |
| empty | qi def |
| overflowing | full heat
empty heat |
| fine | blood def
dampness with severe qi def |
| slippery | phlegm
damp
retention of food
pregnancy |
| choppy | blood def
exhaustion of body fluids |
| wiry | liv disharmony
pain
phlegm |
| tight | cold
exterior cold
interior full cold
interior empty cold
pain |
| soggy | damp w qi def
yin def
essence def |
| weak | yang def
blood def |
| hasty | severe heat
ht qi def
ht fire |
| knotted | cold w ht yang def |
| intermittent | serious prob internal organ
ht prob |
| long | heat pattern |
| short | severe qi def
st qi def |
| minute | severe def of qi and blood |
| slow-down | generally a healthy pulse |
| hollow | hemmorhage
forthcoming hemorrhage |
| leather | severe def of kid essence
severe def of kid yin |
| firm | blood stasis
interior cold
pain |
| scattered | severe def of qi and blood
severe def of kid qi
serious condition |
| hidden | severe yang def |
| moving | shock, anxiety, fright
pain |
| hurried | fire exhausting yin |
| big | entrance of dz
outward floating of yang |
| more than 5 beats per respiration | fast pulse |
| fewer than 4 beats pre respiration | slow pulse |
