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Left= Yin, Blood, Essence- HT, LR, KD
Right=Yang, LU, SP, KD
Morning best time to feel pulse.
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Three Levels of Pulse Feeling:
- Touching indicates to feel pulse lightly or superficially.
- Searching indicates to feel pulse w/ moderate pressing.
- Pressing indicates to feel pulse w/ heavy pressing.
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Duration of Pulse Feeling:
- Count 50 beats, at least.
- It should not be shorter than 1 min.
- In order to find out whether there is Knotted Pulse, Intermittant Pulse, or Running Pulse, etc., 2-3 min may be required.
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Procedure of Pulse Feeling:
- Find out the locales of Inch, Bar, & Cubit, and the Level of their Touching, Searching, & Pressing.
- Measure the Pulse Frequency and assess its Rythmycity.
- Feel whether it is Long or Short, Large or Small, Energetic or Feeble, Stringy or Slippery, etc.
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Left
Cun, Guan, Chi= HT, LR, KD
- Right
- Inch, Bar, Cubit= LU, SP, KD
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Distinguish Pulse Condition in Eight Qualities:
- Location.
- Frequency.
- Length.
- Strength.
- Width.
- Smoothness.
- Tension.
- Rythym.
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Characteristics of Normal Pulse-Ping Mai
Normal Pulse Condition:
Wei Qi
Shen
Root
- Adults: 4:1bpm/respiration
- Inspiration=2
- Expiration=2
- Between=1
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A Normal Pulse is...
- Even, Rythmic, Energetic.
- It is full of Vitality (Shen), Stomach Qi, & Rooted.
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Rooted Pulse:
- The Existence of KD Energy or Vital Gate Fire.
- Pulse without Vitality, ST Energy, or Rooted is a poor prognostic indicator.
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Variations of the Radial Artery Location:
- Radial Artery may be ectopic- somewhere else for this patient.
- Some patients have the radial artery on the dorsum.
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Factors influencing the Pulse Condition:
- Gender.
- Age.
- Emotional.
- Diet.
- Physical activity.
- Constitution.
- Seasonal/Climatic-Spring-Wiry, Summer-Floody, Fall-Floating, Winter-Deep.
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Six Yin Pulses:
Cun, Guan, Chi of both sides is congenitally deep and thready, without disorders- a normal pulse.
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Six Yang Pulses:
Cun, Guan, Chi of both sides is congenitally full and large without disorders- normal pulse.
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