The Consistently Irregular, intermittent, or regularly intermittent pulse (Dai Mai)
Consistently Irregular Pulse (代脈 Dai Mai, intermittent, regularly intermittent) Key points: regularly missed beats Indications: (Rapid) Wind, pain, emotional shock: pathogenic factors cause qi stagnation leading to intermittent pauses in the pulse.
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The Rapid Irregular, Hasty, Abrupt, Skipping Pulse (Cu Mai)
Rapid Irregular Pulse (促脈 Cu Mai, hasty, abrupt, skipping) Key points: rapid with irregular pauses. Indications: (Forceful) excess heat (causing stagnation), or stagnation (generating heat.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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