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[SCUHS - OM Diagnosis I ] Pulse Descriptions

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Superficial (Floating)   Easily felt with a gentle touch, like a piece of wood floating on water  
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Deep   Felt only on heavy pressure like a stone in water  
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Slow   Less than four beats per breath (<60/min)  
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Rapid   More than five beats per breath (>90/min)  
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Deficient (Empty)   Forceless pulse felt in the 3 regions and on the 3 levels; big but soft and empty on stronger pressure  
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Excess (Full)   Forceful pulse felt in the 3 regions and on the 3 levels of pressure  
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Surging (Overflowing)   Broad, large and forceful like the ocean waves which come with force but fade away  
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Thready (Fine,Thin)   Like a fine thread but very distinct and clear  
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Rolling (Slippery)   Smooth and flowing like pearls rolling on a dish  
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Hesitant (Choppy)   Rough and jagged like a knife scraping bamboo; moves slowly like a sick silkworm eating a leaf; changes rapidly in rate and quality  
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String-taut (Wiry)   Straight and forceful, like the string of a violin  
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Tense (Tight)   Twisted and forceful like a tightly stretched rope, may vibrate side to side  
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Soft (Weak-floating)   Superficial, thready and soft, like a strand of silk floating on the water  
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Weak   Deep and thready without strength  
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Abrupt (Hasty)   Hurried and rapid with irregular missed beats  
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Knotted   Slow with irregular missed beats  
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Regularly Intermittent (Intermittent)   Slow and weak with missed beats at regular intervals  
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