Archive for the ‘Diagnosis’ Category
The Deficient, Empty, Vacuous Pulse (Xu Mai)
Deficient Pulse (虛脈 Xu Mai, empty, vacuous) Key points: forceless at all three levels, can be wide.
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The Excessive, Full, Replete Pulse (Shi Mai)
Excessive Pulse (實脈 Shi Mai, full, replete) Key points: long, wide, forceful on all three depths. Indications: pathogenic factors with strong anti-pathogenic qi: excess condition causes excess pulse.
Last modified: July 31, 2009 · al · No Comments
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The Flooding, Surging, Overflowing Pulse (Hong Mai)
Flooding Pulse (?? Hong Mai, surging, overflowing) Key points: forceful, wide, comes stronger than going Indications: qi level heat (wen bing, four levels), yang ming jing bing (Shang Han Lun), or Lung and Stomach heat (zang fu). All three of these pathologies are describing the same presentation.
Last modified: July 30, 2009 · al · No Comments
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The Large, Big Pulse (Da Mai)
Large Pulse (Big, 大脈 Da Mai) key point: wide. Indications: (forceful) excess heat: heat causes blood and qi to move more quickly and dilates blood vessels.
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The Thin Pulse (Xi Mai)
Thin Pulse (細脈 Xi Mai) key point: thin. Indications: qi deficiency is unable to command the blood hence, it doesn’t fill the vessels.
Last modified: July 28, 2009 · al · No Comments
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The Soggy, Weak-Floating, Soft Pulse (Ru Mai)
Soggy Pulse (濡脈 Ru Mai, weak-floating, soft) Key points: superficial, thin, forceless. Indications: damp depresses the vessels, qi and blood cannot easily flow through the vessels leading to the thin, forceless and ultimately rootless pulse.
Last modified: July 27, 2009 · al · No Comments
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The Faint, Minute Pulse (Wei Mai)
Faint Pulse (微脈 Wei Mai, minute) Key points: thin, forceless, vague. Indications: yin, yang, qi, or blood deficiency: four substances can’t fill vessel.
Last modified: July 26, 2009 · al · No Comments
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The Frail, Weak Pulse (Ruo Mai)
Frail Pulse (弱脈 Ruo Mai, weak) Key points: deep, thin, forceless. Indications: deficiency of yin, yang, qi, or blood: if deeper, more yang deficiency, if pulse lacks root, more yin deficiency.
Last modified: July 25, 2009 · al · No Comments
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The Scattered, Dissipated Pulse (San Mai)
Scattered Pulse (散脈 San Mai, dissipated) Key points: superficial, scattered without root, uneven rhythm. Indications: exhaustion of qi, functional failure of the zang fu organs.
Last modified: July 24, 2009 · al · No Comments
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The Long Pulse (Chang Mai)
Long Pulse (長脈 Chang Mai) Key point: long. Indications: normal (tall person, or young and healthy), Liver yang rising, excessive interior heat.
Last modified: July 23, 2009 · al · No Comments
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