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Pulse Indications
[SCUHS - OM Diagnosis I ] Pulse Indications
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Superficial (Floating) | Exterior syndrome; Yin deficiency |
| Deep | Interior syndrome |
| Slow | Cold syndrome |
| Rapid | Heat syndrome |
| Deficient (Empty) | Deficiency syndrome of qi and blood |
| Excess (Full) | Excess syndrome |
| Surging (Overflowing) | Excess Interior Heat |
| Thready (Fine,Thin) | Yin and blood deficiency (qi also deficient); Internal dampness with severe qi deficiency |
| Rolling (Slippery) | Phlegm, Dampness (Phlegm and retained fluids); Food stagnation; Excess Heat; Pregnancy (normal pulse) |
| Hesitant (Choppy) | Blood and essence deficiency; Qi and Blood stagnation; Fluid exhaustion after sweating, vomiting |
| String-taut (Wiry) | Disorders of Liver and Gallbladder; Pain syndrome; Phlegm and retained fluids |
| Tense (Tight) | Cold syndrome; Pain syndrome; Food retention |
| Soft (Weak-floating) | Dampness with internal deficiency; Deficiency of Yin and Essence |
| Weak | Deficiency syndromes of yang qi and blood |
| Abrupt (Hasty) | Excessive yang heat (and deficient Heart qi); Stagnation of qi and blood; Retention of food or phlegm |
| Knotted | Excess yin, cold phlegm, blood stasis; Deficiency of Heart qi and yang |
| Regularly Intermittent (Intermittent) | Declining Zang Qi; Wind; Pain syndrome; Fear/fright disorders; Traumatic contusion/sprain (Western Med: possible organic Heart disease) |