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Pulses
TCM Board Prep
| 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 |