Chinese Medicine (TCM) Pulse Indications - Summary ChartExcess HeatExcess ColdPainPhlegm StagnationFood StagnationQi and Blood StagnationDampnessQi XuBlood XuYin XuYang XuExcess PathogensMassesZheng Qi XuOther

Surging/Hong

Forceful/ShiExcess Zheng Qi

Slippery/Hua

Long/Chang

Wiry/XuanLiv/GB disorders

Rapid/Shu

Rapid irregular/CuAtrial Fibrillation

Tight/Jin

Confined, Firm/LaoHernia

Hidden/FuSyncope, lack of circulation, coma

Moving, Throbbing/DongShock

Regular Intermittent/DaiZang Fu Qi Xu, Wind, Fear

Hesitant, Choppy/SeHeart Palpitations, Consumption of Essence

Knotted/JieHeart Palpitations

Short/Duan

Thready/Xi

Soft, Soggy/Ru

Minute, Indistinct/Wei

Scattered/SanYuan Qi Xu

Forceless/XuDamage By Summerheat

Weak/RuoSimultaneous Qi and Blood Xu

Hollow/KouGreat loss of Blood

Drumskin, Tympanic, Leathery/GeHemorrhage, Spermatorrhea, Abortion, Heavy Menstruation

Swift, Hurried/JiYuan Qi Xu, Excess Yang, Heart Palpitations

Large, Big/Da

Deep/ChenInterior Accumulations

Slow/Chi

Slowed Down/HuanSpleen, Stomach Xu

Floating/FuExternal,Yin or Yang loosing root in lower body floating to top