{"id":3963,"date":"2013-09-15T12:30:08","date_gmt":"2013-09-15T16:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kampo.ca\/herbs-formulas\/?page_id=3963"},"modified":"2014-11-05T18:58:51","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T22:58:51","slug":"pulse-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kampo.ca\/herbs-formulas\/diagnosis\/pulse-diagnosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Pulse Diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Pulse<\/a><\/p>\n

Depth:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Floating pulse <\/b>\u6d6e\u8108<\/b><\/p>\n

a superficially located pulse which can be felt by light touch and grows faint on hard pressure<\/p>\n

Sunken pulse <\/b>\u6c88\u8108<\/b><\/p>\n

a deeply located pulse which can only be felt when pressing hard, also called deep pulse<\/p>\n

Hidden pulse <\/b>\u4f0f\u8108<\/b><\/p>\n

a pulse which can only be felt upon pressing to the bone, located deeper than sunken pulse or even\u00a0totally hidden<\/p>\n

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<\/b>Speed:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/b>Slow pulse <\/b>\u9072\u8108<\/b><\/p>\n

a pulse with less than four beats to one cycle of the physician\u2019s respiration (<60 BPM), the same as bradycardia<\/p>\n

Rapid pulse <\/b>\u6578\u8108<\/b><\/p>\n

a pulse with more than five or six beats to one cycle of the physician\u2019s respiration (>90 BPM), the same as tachycardia<\/p>\n

Moderate pulse <\/b>\u7de9\u8108<\/b><\/p>\n

a pulse with four beats to one cycle of the physician\u2019s respiration, even and harmonious in its form (about 65 BPM)<\/span><\/p>\n

Racing pulse <\/b>\u75be\u8108<\/b><\/p>\n

a pulse having more than seven beats per respiration (>110 BPM)<\/p>\n

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Strength:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/b>Vacuous pulse <\/b>\u865b\u8108<\/b><\/p>\n

a general term for a feeble and void pulse<\/p>\n

Replete pulse <\/b>\u5be6\u8108<\/b><\/p>\n

a general term for a pulse felt forceful at all the three sections, cun\/inch, guan\/bar and chi\/cubit, also called forceful pulse<\/p>\n

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Size:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Surging pulse <\/b>\u6d2a\u8108<\/b><\/p>\n

a pulse beating like dashing waves with forceful rising and gradual decline, also called flooding pulse<\/p>\n

Fine pulse <\/b>\u7d30\u8108<\/b><\/p>\n

a pulse as thin as a silk thread, straight and soft, feeble yet always perceptible upon hard pressure,\u00a0also called thin\/thready pulse<\/p>\n

Large pulse <\/b>\u5927\u8108<\/b><\/p>\n

a broad pulse with a bigger amplitude than normal<\/p>\n

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Tension<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/b>String-like pulse <\/b>\u5f26\u8108<\/b><\/p>\n

a straight, long and taut pulse, like a musical string to the touch<\/p>\n

Tight pulse <\/b>\u7dca\u8108<\/b><\/p>\n

a pulse feeling like a tightly stretched cord<\/p>\n

R<\/b>elaxed pulse <\/b>\u7de9\u8108<\/b><\/p>\n

<\/b>a pulse with decreased tension<\/span><\/p>\n

Soft pulse <\/b>\u8edf\u8108<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

a pulse felt softer than normal<\/p>\n

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Length:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/b>Long pulse <\/b>\u9577\u8108<\/b><\/p>\n

a pulse with beats of long duration, exceeding cun\/ inch, guan\/bar and chi\/cubit sections<\/p>\n

Short pulse <\/b>\u77ed\u8108<\/b><\/p>\n

a pulse with beats of short duration, only felt at guan\/bar section<\/span><\/p>\n

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Flow:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/b>Slippery pulse <\/b>\u6ed1\u8108<\/b><\/p>\n

a pulse coming and going smoothly like beads rolling on a plate<\/p>\n

Rough pulse <\/b>\u6f81\u8108<\/b><\/p>\n

a pulse coming and going unsmoothly with small, fine, slow joggling tempo like scraping bamboo with a knife<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rhythm<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/b>Intermittent pulse <\/b>\u4ee3\u8108<\/b><\/p>\n

a moderate weak pulse, pausing at regular intervals<\/p>\n

Bound pulse <\/b>\u7d50\u8108<\/b><\/p>\n

a moderate weak pulse, pausing at irregular intervals<\/span><\/p>\n

Skipping pulse <\/b>\u4fc3\u8108<\/b><\/p>\n

a rapid pulse with irregular intermittence<\/span><\/p>\n

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Combination Pulses:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/b>Soggy pulse <\/b>\u6fe1\u8108<\/b><\/p>\n

a thin and floating pulse which can be felt on light pressure, but growing faint upon hard pressure<\/p>\n

Faint pulse <\/b>\u5fae\u8108<\/b><\/p>\n

a thready and soft pulse, scarcely perceptible<\/span><\/p>\n

Weak pulse <\/b>\u5f31\u8108<\/b><\/p>\n

a pulse that is deep, soft, thin and forceless<\/span><\/p>\n

Dissipated pulse <\/b>\u6563\u8108<\/b><\/p>\n

a pulse that feels diffusing and feeble upon a light touch and faint upon hard pressure<\/span><\/p>\n

Hollow pulse <\/b>\u82a4<\/b>\u8108<\/b><\/p>\n

a floating, large, soft, and hollow pulse<\/span><\/p>\n

D<\/b>rum<\/b> <\/b>skin pulse <\/b>\u9769\u8108<\/b><\/p>\n

a pulse felt hard and hollow as if touching the surface of a drum<\/span><\/p>\n

Firm pulse <\/b>\u7262\u8108<\/b><\/p>\n

a broad, forceful and taut pulse, deeply seated and felt only by hard pressure<\/span><\/p>\n

Stirred pulse <\/b>\u52d5\u8108<\/b><\/p>\n

a quick, jerky pulse, like a bouncing pea, slippery, rapid and forceful<\/span><\/p>\n

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