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