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pulse summary
pulse summary: descriptiong
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| easily felt with a gentle touch, like a piece of wood floating on water | superficial/ floating |
| felt only on heavy pressure like a stone in water | deep |
| less than four beats per breath <60/min | slow |
| less than five beats per breath >90/min | rapid |
| forceless pulse felt in the 3 regions and on the 3 levels; big but sloft and empty on stronger pressure | deficient/ empty |
| forceful pulse felt in the 3 regions and on the 3 levels of pressure | excess/ full |
| broad, large and forceful like the ocean waves which come with force but fade away | surging/ overflowing |
| like a fine thread but very distict and clear | thready/ fine (thin) |
| smooth and flowing like pearls rolling on a dish | rolling/ slippery |
| rough and jagged like a knife scraping baboo; moves slowly like a sick silkwarm eating a leaf; changes rapidly in rate and quality | hesitant/ choppy |
| straight and forceful, like the string of a violing | string-taut/ wiry |
| twisted and forceful like a tightly stretched rope, may vibate side to side | tense/ tight |
| superficial , thready and soft, like a strand of silk floating on the water | soft/ weak-floating |
| deep and thready without strength | weak |
| hurried and rapid with irregular missed beats | abrupt/ hasty |
| slow with irregular missed beats | knotted |
| slow and weak with missed beats at regular intervals | regularly intermittent/ intremittent |