Pulse

This pulse can be felt with a light pressure of the fingers, just resting the fingers on the artery.

This pulse is the opposite to floating: it can only be felt with a heavy pressure of the fingers and is felt near the bone.

This pulse has three beats per respiration cycle

This pulse has more than five beats per each respiration cycle

The Empty pulse feels rather big but soft.

This pulse feels full, rather hard and rather long.

A Slippery pulse feels smooth, rounded, slippery to the touch, as if it were oily. It slides under the fingers.

This pulse feels rough under the finger

This pulse is basically longer than normal

Occupies a shorter space than the normal position

This pulse feels big, extending beyond normal pulse position.

This pulse is thinner than normal

It is extremely thin, small and difficult to feel

This pulse feels twisted like a thick rope

This pulse feels taut like a guitar string. The Wiry pulse really hits the fingers.

This pulse has four beats for each respiration cycle

Empty in the middle, felt superficial and deep.

This pulse feels hard and tight at the superficial level and stretched like a drum, but it feels completely Empty at the deep level. It is a large pulse, not thin.

Wiry pulse at the deep level

The Soggy pulse feels very soft and is only slightly floating.

Felt only at the deep level

This pulse feels very small and is relatively superficial

This pulse feels as if it were hidden beneath the bone

The Moving pulse has a round shape like a bean; it is short and it ‘trembles’ under the finger

This pulse is Rapid and it stops at irregular intervals

This pulse is Slow and it stops at irregular intervals

This pulse stops at regular intervals

This pulse is very rapid, but it also feels very agitated and urgent