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Bar pulse is felt under which finger:
Middle
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Inch pulse is felt under which finger:
Index
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Cubit pulse is felt under which finger:
Ring
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Cubit pulse represents which burner?
Lower
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Bar pulse represents which burner?
Middle
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Inch pulse represents which burner?
Upper
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Left cun position:
Heart and center of chest
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Left guan position:
Liver/gallbladder
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Left chi position:
Kidney/abdomen (bladder and SI)
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Right cun position:
Lungs and center of chest
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Right guan position:
Spleen/stomach
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Right chi position:
Kidney/abdomen (LI)
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You wei:
It has stomach (qi)
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Having root means it is not:
Floating
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If the cubit position can't be felt down to bone, it is:
Floating
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It has root refers traditionally to which pulse position:
Cubit
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Kou Mai:
Scallion-stalk pulse
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Huan Mai:
Moderate or relaxed pulse
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Xian Mai:
Bowstring pulse
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Dai Mai:
Regularly interrupted pulse
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Cu Mai:
Skipping or rapid irregularly interrupted pulse
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Floating:
Located in the exterior. With finger raised, it has surplus; when pressing down, it is insufficient. When pressure is released, it regains its full strength.
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Drumskin:
Bowstring and large with an empty center, feels like the head of a drum.
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Surging:
Floating, large; comes on exuberant, departs debilitated.
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Vacuous:
1. A generalized term for various types of forceless pulses. 2. A floating, large, slow, empty, vacuous, soft, forceless pulse image.
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Scallion-stalk:
Floating, soft, large body, but empty center; feels like a scallion leaf.
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Scattered:
It is floating, large, and without root; with light pressure, it is easily irregular, becoming scattered and chaotic. Heavy pressure leads to its absence.
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Soft or soggy:
Floating, fine, soft, and flexible. Can be felt with light pressure but cannot be obtained by heavy pressure.
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Deep:
Located near the bone. Cannot be detected with light or moderate pressure but can be felt with heavy pressure.
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Weak:
Deep, fine, soft like thread.
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Hidden:
Difficult to feel, under the sinews, not obvious, required heavy pressure to the bone to obtain.
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Confined:
Pressed superficially or moderately, does not respond, but can be obtained by heavy pressure. Hard, firm, not changeable, replete, large, bowstring, forceful, and long.
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Slow:
Below 60 bpm or less than 4 beats per breath.Moderate or relaxed: Relaxed, loose, slack and on the verge of slow. Right around 60bpm.
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Slippery vs. choppy - which is less inhibited:
Slippery
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What are the 4 question to ask yourself when taking a pulse?
1. Fast or slow? 2. Floating or deep? 3. Has force or not? 4. Long or short?
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Rapid:
Above 90 bpm or more than 5 beats per breath.
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Racing:
Very rapid, over 120 bmp.
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Replete:
1. A generalized term for various types of forceful pulses. 2. A long, bowstring, large, hard, and replete pulse which has a surplus either floating or deep.
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Bowstring:
Fine, long, has strength, feels like a zither string.
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Tight:
Tight, has strength, feels like a taut rope.
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Long:
Long, can be felt beyond its own location or range.
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Short:
Does not reach its location or range.
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Stirring:
Slippery, rapid, forceful; feels like a bean.
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Slippery:
Comes smoothly flowing and uninhibited; feels smooth like pearls rolling in a dish.
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Choppy:
Slow, relaxed, stagnant, difficult, fine, may stop and lose a beat but then recovers. It is not smoothly flowing. It feels like a piece of bamboo scraped by a knife.
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Fine:
Soft, feels like a silken thread, weak, without strength, but persistent.
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Faint:
Insufficient, extremely fine, soft, barely palpable. It may sometimes be felt and then sometimes it is lost.
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Large:
Large, fills up fingertip, forceful.
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Bound:
Slow, relaxed, stops at irregular intervals.
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Regularly Interrupted:
Comparatively relaxed and weak; stops at regular intermittent intervals. These intervals may be strikingly long. Refer to MD.Skipping or Rapid Irregularly Interrupted: Rapid and irregularly interrupted.
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