Pulse positions

Name
Side
Position
Organ
Overview
Body Psych
Distal—Heart
left
distal
Heart HtHeart Ht

Skin—Ht Blood/Yin Def, Ht Fire/Stagnation Superficial—Home Middle—Ht Qi/Yang def, Damp affecting Ht Absent—Blocked/stag

Yin (deficiency)Blood deficiencyStagnationQi deficiencyYang (deficiency)DampHeart-FireExcess HeatHeat
Middle—Liver
left
middle
Liver LvLiver LvGall Bladder GBGall Bladder GB

Superficial—Lr Blood/Yin def, Lr Fire Middle—Home Deep—GB Qi def, GB damp Absent—Blocked/stag

Yin (deficiency)Blood deficiencyLiver-FireQi deficiencyDampStagnationExcess HeatHeat
Proximal—Kidney TCM
left
proximal
Kidney KiKidney Ki

Middle—Ki blood/yin def Deep—Home Absent—Ki Qi/ yang def Blocked/stag

Blood deficiencyYin (deficiency)Qi deficiencyYang (deficiency)Stagnation
Distal—Lung
right
distal
Lung LuLung Lu

Skin—Lu Blood/Yin Def, Lu heat (infection) Superficial—Home Middle—Lu Qi/Yang def, Lu Damp Absent—Blocked/stag

Blood deficiencyYin (deficiency)Qi deficiencyYang (deficiency)Empty (deficiency)HeatExcess HeatDampStagnation
Middle—Spleen
right
middle
Spleen SpSpleen Sp

Superficial—St Yin def, St Fire Middle—Home Deep—Sp Qi/Yang def, Sp damp Absent—Blocked/stag

Yin (deficiency)Stomach-FireQi deficiencyYang (deficiency)DampStagnation
Proximal—Kidney WM
right
proximal
Kidney KiKidney Ki

Middle—Ki or Bl infection or inflammation, neck shoulder pain Deep—Home Absent—Blocked/stag

Stagnation