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rate of rapid pulse
90 or more beats per minute
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rate of racing pulse
120-140 beats per minute
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what does a rapid pulse indicate?
Heat
causes blood circulation to accelerate, increases pulse rate
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rapid pulse with repletion
rapid with force
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rapid pulse with vacuity
rapid without force, yin vacuity
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what does a stirred pulse feel like
- Like a rolling bean
- slippery, rapid, with force, felt in only 1 position (often felt most clearly bar position)
- felt round and trembling at all 3 levels
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cause of stirred pulse
- very rare
- extreme pain or fear, shock, anxiety
- palpitations
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what does a slippery pulse feel like
- smooth, flowing (pearls in a dish)
- arrives and departs smoothly (small fish swimming)
- opposite of choppy pulse
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slippery pulse indication
- abundant and exuberant qi and blood
- in disease - indicates exuberance of evil qi and exuberance of right qi
- GOOD prognosis
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slippery pulse coud be due to
- pregnancy (more qi and blood)
- dampness
- phlegm
- excess heat
- food retention
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slow pulse rate
- 3 beats per breath
- less than 60 beats per minute
- arrives and departs slowly
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slow pulse governs _
cold patterns (can be interior or exterior, vacuous or replete)
cold contracts ad stagnates blood flow flowing movement of pulse
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slow pulse can be seen in
- an aerobic athlete
- cold phlegm obstruction
- blood stasis
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rate of moderate (leisurely) pulse
- 4 beats per minute
- even and balanced
- felt strongest in middle depth
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moderate pulse is a sign of
- health
- pulse of stomach qi
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moderate pulse is often seen in _ patterns
- damp
- damp is sticky and heavy,blocking qi and blood causing pulse to arrive slowly and moderately
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rough pulse (choppy) arrives _
roughly, slowly, and stagnating, like knife scraping bamboo
opposite of slippery pulse
- arrives slow, fine, short, and uneven.
- arrives slowly and with difficulty
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rough (choppy) pulse may appear
as if it were stopping , but not actually stopping
may appear to speed up and slow down without missing beats
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rough (choppy) pulse vacuity
blood vacuity so blood flow in vessels is rough and stagnant
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rough (choppy) pulse repletion
- qi and blood stagnation
- phlegm obstruction
- food stagnation
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rough (choppy) pulse could mean _ circulation
- impaired
- blocked by evil qi blocking and stagnating in vessels
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vacuous pulse (empty, deficient) feels
- large but forceless, felt with light pressure
- empty and vacuous on heavier pressure
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vacuous pulse is the opposite of a _ pulse
replete
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vacuous pulse is the _
dual vacuity of qi and blood
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faint pulse feels
- extremely fine and slack (felt soft)
- indistinct
- weak
- sometimes it can be felt, sometimes not
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faint pulse indicates
- severe vacuity of qi and blood
- yang xu
- yang collapse
- severe deficiency
- extremely thin/hard to find
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weak pulse(frail) feels
- deep
- fine and small without strength
- felt ONLY at deep level (yang xu)
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weak pulse indicates
- dual vacuity of qi and blood
- qi xu : forceless
- blood xu: fine
- yang vacuity (st/sp vacuity cold, sp not engendering, transforming qi, blood)
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replete pulse (full, excess) feels
- forceful
- hard
- long
- forceful as it rises and falls
- felt at all 3 levels
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replete pulse could be
- right and evil qi fighting (both are strong)
- a general term for all forceful pulses
- repletion heat or cold
- phlegm or food retention
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tight pulse (tense) feels
tight and forceful like a tightly twisted rope, unevenly stretched, bouncing from side to side (right and left)
vibrating and urgent, strikes tightly, and snaps
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tight pulse governs
cold patterns (can be floating or deep)
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tight is image of
- contraction
- cold patterns, pain patterns, food stagnation
always considered repletion
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surging pulse (flooding) arrives
large and strong, floating, and departs debilitated
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surging pulse feelslike
roaring wave which hits rocks and fades away
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surging pulse is the opposite of a _ pulse
faint
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surging pulse indicates
repletion heat : surging and forceful
- yang ming (disorders with 4 bigs) qi aspect
- -fever, sweat, thirst
natural pulse during summer
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