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Pulses
TCM Board Prep
Question | Answer |
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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 |