Clinical Significance
Full patternFull-Heat (Full-Rapid)Full-Cold (Full-Slow)
Aspect
strength
Feeling
This pulse feels full, rather hard and rather long.
Kind
Full
Full (Shi)
Feeling
This pulse feels full, rather hard and rather long. ‘Full’ is often used in two slightly different ways. On the one hand, it indicates a specific type of pulse, as described above; on the other hand, this term is often used to indicate any pulse of the Full type.
Clinical significance
- Full pattern
- Full-Heat (Full-Rapid)
- Full-Cold (Full-Slow)
The Full pulse indicates a Full pattern. A Full and Rapid pulse indicates Full-Heat, and a Full and Slow pulse indicates Full-Cold.