1. Fu Mai (Floating Pulse)【Pulse Characteristics】Easily felt with light pressure, decreases with heavy pressureMore pronounced when lifted, less pronounced when pressedAccording to Cui’s “Pulse Classic”: “Floating pulse is like water floating on wood, easily felt with light touch.”“Zhen Zong San Mei” states: “Floating pulse is evident upon light touch, slightly decreases upon pressing but does not disappear.”Classification of pulse position: Floating pulse【Clinical Significance】Indicates exterior syndrome, also indicates interior deficiency (deficient Yang escaping outward)1) Indicates exterior syndrome – external pathogens invade, the body’s righteous Qi moves to the exterior, hence the pulse is floating.2) Indicates interior deficiency – prolonged illness leads to depletion of essence and Qi, Yin fails to restrain Yang, resulting in deficient Yang escaping outward.“If obtained in autumn, it should be fine; if seen in prolonged illness, it can be alarming.”The difference between the two: Floating pulse in exterior syndrome has a root; floating pulse in interior deficiency lacks a root.2. Chen Mai (Deep Pulse)【Pulse Characteristics】Not felt with light pressure, only felt with heavy pressureLess pronounced when lifted, more pronounced when pressed“Bin Hu Pulse Studies” states: “Like a stone thrown into water, it must reach the bottom.”“Pulse Classic Compilation” states: “Has a deep sinking tendency.”“Pulse Classic Errata” states: “Cannot be felt with light touch on the skin, gradually pressing to the muscle reveals it, and pressing to the bone reveals strength; this is the deep pulse.”Classification of pulse position: Deep pulse【Clinical Significance】Indicates interior syndromeCommonly seen in diarrhea, edema, vomiting, and Qi stagnation.Deep and strong – indicates interior excess: Qi and blood are trapped within; often due to water, cold, or stagnation (cold constricts, water sinks, stagnation causes Yang Qi to be suppressed).Deep and weak – indicates interior deficiency: Yang Qi is deficient and cannot rise.3. Chi Mai (Slow Pulse)【Pulse Characteristics】Pulse is slow, less than 4 beats per breath (less than 60 beats per minute)“Pulse Classic Compilation” states: “Slow pulse, three beats per breath.”“Diagnostic Essentials” states: “Slow means insufficient, pulse only three beats between breaths.”Classification of pulse rate: Slow pulse【Clinical Significance】Indicates cold syndrome, also indicates heat accumulation in the interior.1) Indicates cold syndrome – strong indicates excess cold; weak indicates deficient cold.Excess cold: cold pathogens stagnate, Yang Qi fails to circulate.Deficient cold: Yang Qi is weak and fails to warm and transport.Generally, those with Yang deficiency and diminished Mingmen fire often present with a slow and weak pulse. Symptoms include aversion to cold, diarrhea, abdominal pain relieved by pressure, and vomiting of cold saliva.“The author often sees a slow and weak pulse in cases of early morning diarrhea, especially in both wrists, using Si Shen Wan to tonify Mingmen fire and warm the spleen Yang.” Liu Guanjun2) Also indicates heat syndrome: heat pathogens accumulate, obstructing the channels.Commonly seen in interior heat excess syndromes (Yangming organ excess syndrome, intestinal typhoid, meningitis, etc.).“Four Diagnostic Essentials” states: “Slow pulse belongs to the viscera and indicates cold; this is a fixed principle, and its variations also indicate heat syndrome, which must not be overlooked. This is because heat pathogens obstruct and block the channels, losing their normal rhythm, causing the pulse to become slow.”“Shang Han Lun” states: “In Yangming disease, if the pulse is slow and there is tidal fever… it can be treated with Da Cheng Qi Decoction.”“In cases of meningitis, often due to increased intracranial pressure, high fever and slow pulse appear; the pulse and symptoms must be considered together to avoid misdiagnosis.” Liu Guanjun4. Shu Mai (Rapid Pulse)【Pulse Characteristics】Pulse is rapid, 5-6 beats per breath“Bin Hu Pulse Studies” states: “Six beats per breath, pulse flows thin and rapid.”“Pulse Classic Enlightenment” states: “Not like the slippery pulse which flows smoothly, but rather the rapid pulse is excessively quick.”Classification of pulse rate: Rapid pulse【Clinical Significance】Indicates heat syndrome, also indicates deficiency syndrome.1) Indicates heat syndrome – due to heat forcing blood to move erratically, hence the pulse is rapid.Commonly seen in external febrile diseases, stomach heat, intestinal heat, lung abscess, intestinal abscess, sores, or Yin deficiency with excess fire.“Nan Jing: Nine Difficulties” states: “Rapid indicates heat.”“Pulse and Medicine Link” states: “All rapid pulses are due to fire toxicity.”2) Indicates deficiency syndrome – depletion of essence and blood, Qi deficiency leads to a rapid pulse. Commonly seen in those with prolonged deficiency and fatigue.5. Hong Mai (Flooding Pulse)【Pulse Characteristics】Pulse is wide and large, surging and full, comes strong and goes weak.“Diagnostic Essentials” states: “Flooding pulse is extremely large, resembling a flood, comes strong and goes weak, surging and full under the fingers.”“Bin Hu Pulse Studies” states: “Flooding pulse comes with a loud sound, goes weak and comes strong like waves.”“Pulse Theory Seeking Truth” states: “Flooding pulse is both large and rapid.”Classification of pulse width: Flooding pulse【Clinical Significance】Indicates severe heat (heat in the Qi level).Interior heat is abundant, Qi is strong, and blood surges, hence the pulse is flooding.Strong and large indicates excess, often due to severe internal heat, accompanied by high fever, irritability, thirst, vomiting blood, sores, and sweating due to summer heat.“Shang Han Lun” states: “If there is great thirst that does not resolve, and the pulse is flooding and large, Bai Hu Decoction should be used.”“Jin Kui Yao Lue” states: “In cases of intestinal abscess… if the pulse is flooding and rapid, pus has formed, and it should not be purged.”Classification of pulse width: Flooding pulseAlso indicates deficiency syndrome: If flooding and weak, it does not indicate excess heat in the Qi level, but rather a sign of Yin essence depletion, indicating that solitary Yang is about to escape outward.In cases of prolonged illness with Qi deficiency, or deficiency of blood, prolonged diarrhea, etc., the appearance of a flooding pulse indicates a critical condition of Yin damage and Yang dispersion.6. Xi Mai (Thin Pulse)【Pulse Characteristics】Pulse is thin like a thread, responds clearly, and does not cease upon pressure.“Pulse Classic” states: “Thin pulse is slightly larger than the micro pulse, it is always present, just thin.”“Diagnostic Essentials” states: “Thin, straight and soft, winding and coiling, resembling a thread, more pronounced than the micro pulse.”“Bin Hu Pulse Studies” states: “Smaller than the micro pulse and always present, thin, straight and soft, like a thread under the fingers.”Classification of pulse width: Thin pulse【Clinical Significance】Indicates both Qi and blood deficiency, various deficiencies; indicates damp invasion.1) Qi and blood deficiency leads to insufficient filling of the pulse channels, hence the pulse is thin and weak.Commonly seen in prolonged illness with Qi and blood depletion, elderly and weak individuals, blood loss, night sweats, spontaneous sweating, Yang deficiency with aversion to cold, and diarrhea.“Pulse Classic Errata” states: “Indicates blood deficiency and Qi depletion.”“Shang Han Lun” states: “If hands and feet are cold, and the pulse is thin and about to disappear, Si Wu Si Ni Decoction should be used.”Classification of pulse width: Thin pulse2) Indicates damp invasion: Spleen deficiency with excess dampness or invasion of damp pathogens, hence the pulse is thin.Commonly seen in cases of dampness harming the body, or internal obstruction of the spleen and stomach, or stagnation in the meridians, often presenting with a thin pulse.“Jin Kui Yao Lue” states: “In cases of Tai Yang disease with joint pain and discomfort, if the pulse is deep and thin, this is called damp bi.”“Zhen Zong San Mei” states: “Damp bi leads to weakness, spontaneous sweating, and all have thin pulses.”7. Wei Mai (Minute Pulse)【Pulse Characteristics】Extremely thin and soft, almost disappearing upon pressure, barely perceptible.Indicates: Severe Qi and blood deficiency, Yang Qi is weak.Righteous Qi is about to disappear, unable to circulate, hence the pulse is minute and about to disappear.“Shang Han Lun” states: “In cases of Shao Yin disease, with clear diarrhea, internal cold and external heat, cold hands and feet, and a minute pulse about to disappear, Tong Mai Si Ni Decoction should be used.”“Diagnostic Essentials” states: “Minute indicates both Qi and blood deficiency, as well as collapse of Qi, leading to faintness and weakness.”8. San Mai (Scattered Pulse)【Pulse Characteristics】Floating and large without a root, responds scattered, disappears upon pressure.【Clinical Significance】Indicates depletion of original Qi, organs and viscera are about to collapse.“Bin Hu Pulse Studies” states: “Irregular and scattered, unable to gather.”“Zhen Zong San Mei” states: “If the pulse is scattered, it indicates death.”Pulse theory: Yin declines and Yang dissipates, heart Qi cannot maintain blood circulation.9. Xu Mai (Deficient Pulse)【Pulse Characteristics】Weak when lifted, empty and hollow when pressed, responds soft, a general term for all weak pulses.“Pulse Classic” states: “Deficient pulse is slow and soft, empty upon pressure, and the fingers feel hollow.”“Pulse Theory Seeking Truth” states: “Floating, large and soft, does not respond upon pressure, like searching for chicken feathers, pressing for a long time does not yield a response.”“San Zhi Chan” states: “Deficient pulse is large and soft, slow and weak.”Classification of pulse strength: Deficient pulse【Clinical Significance】Indicates deficiency syndrome.Blood deficiency cannot fill the pulse channels, Qi deficiency does not restrain and expands outward.Commonly seen in prolonged illness, fatigue, heat injury, and dual injury of Qi and Yin.“Diagnostic Essentials” states: “Deficient indicates both Qi and blood deficiency, heat, excessive sweating, and excessive fright.”“San Zhi Chan” states: “Often due to heat injury, or blood deficiency and emptiness.”10. Shi Mai (Excess Pulse)【Pulse Characteristics】Responds strongly, both lifted and pressed.It is a general term for all strong pulses.“Bin Hu Pulse Studies” states: “Both floating and deep can be large and long, responding strongly without emptiness.”“Zhen Zong San Mei” states: “Excess pulse is strong, long and firm.”“Pulse Classic” states: “Excess pulse is large and long, slightly wiry.”Classification of pulse strength: Excess pulse【Clinical Significance】Indicates excess syndrome.Excess pathogens and righteous Qi are strong, hence the pulse is full and surging.Commonly seen in cases of excess pathogens, internal heat, delirium, firm stools, and excess fire in the three burners, food stagnation, and pain in the hypochondrium.“Shang Han Lun” states: “If the patient is agitated and feverish… if the pulse is excess, it should be purged.”“Pulse Theory Justice” states: “Excess indicates excess heat and fire, or delirium, or Yang toxicity, or swollen throat and tongue, or spleen heat fullness, or abdominal pain…”11. Hua Mai (Slippery Pulse)【Pulse Characteristics】Flows smoothly, like beads rolling, responds round and smooth.“Diagnostic Essentials” states: “Slippery pulse flows smoothly, like beads rolling, indicating the presence of Yin fluid.”“Pulse Classic” states: “Similar to rapid pulse.”Classification of pulse flow: Slippery pulse【Clinical Significance】Indicates phlegm-dampness, food stagnation, and excess heat syndromes.1) Indicates phlegm-dampness: Phlegm-dampness is a slippery substance, accumulating in the body, causing the pulse to appear slippery due to increased Yin fluid.“Suwen Pulse Essentials” states: “Slippery indicates excess Yin Qi.”2) Indicates food stagnation: Accumulated food transforms into heat, causing Qi to be full and blood to surge.“Jin Kui Yao Lue” states: “If the pulse is rapid and slippery, it indicates excess, and there is accumulated food, it should be purged with Da Cheng Qi Decoction.”3) Indicates excess heat: Righteous Qi is strong, and excess pathogens are present, causing Qi and blood to surge.“Shang Han Lun” states: “In cases of cold damage, if the pulse is slippery and there is a cold sensation, it indicates internal heat, Bai Hu Decoction should be used.”Classification of pulse flow: Slippery pulse1) Indicates pregnancy pulse: Qi and blood are abundant.“Jing Yue Complete Book” states: “If a woman has a slippery and rapid pulse with interrupted menstruation, it indicates pregnancy.”“Pulse Classic” states: “If the pulse is slippery and smooth, it is a good sign of pregnancy; if it does not disperse, the fetus will be safe for three months, but if it does not disperse, it can be distinguished after five months.”2) Seen in normal individuals: Slippery and smooth is common in healthy individuals, especially in young women.“Jing Yue Complete Book” states: “If a healthy person’s pulse is slippery and gentle, it is a good sign of nourishment and vitality.”12. Se Mai (Rough Pulse)【Pulse Characteristics】Flows with difficulty, like a light knife scraping bamboo.“Bin Hu Pulse Studies” states: “Like rain touching sand, like a sick silkworm eating leaves.”“Pulse Classic” states: “Thin and slow, flows with difficulty, sometimes stops and then comes back.”Classification of pulse flow: Rough pulse【Clinical Significance】Indicates injury to essence, blood deficiency, phlegm and food stagnation, Qi stagnation, and blood stasis.1) Rough and weak – indicates injury to essence, blood deficiency.Commonly seen in cases of blood loss, essence depletion, amenorrhea, stillbirth, or cold essence and Yang deficiency.“Jin Kui Yao Lue” states: “If a man’s pulse is floating and weak, it indicates infertility, cold essence.”“Diagnostic Essentials” states: “Rough indicates blood deficiency, lack of sweating, blood stasis pain, and injury to essence.”Classification of pulse flow: Rough pulse2) Rough and strong – indicates excess syndrome (phlegm, food stagnation, blood stasis).Qi, blood, food, and phlegm obstruct the pulse channels, causing the pulse to flow poorly.“Jin Kui Yao Lue” states: “If the pulse at the inch is floating and large, but pressing it feels rough, it indicates accumulated food.”Indicates blood stasis: Commonly seen in chest obstruction, abdominal masses, symptoms of dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, and adnexal masses, or old ectopic pregnancy masses.“Suwen Pulse Essentials” states: “Rough indicates heart pain.”13. Chang Mai (Long Pulse)【Pulse Characteristics】Pulse body is longer, exceeding the inch, guan, and chi positions.“Diagnostic Essentials” states: “Long pulse is long and straight, both ends are clear, going straight up and down, like following a long pole.”“Bin Hu Pulse Studies” states: “Long pulse is neither large nor small, long and straight, like following the end of a long pole, indicating normal; if it is too long, it indicates disease.”Classification of pulse length: Long pulse【Clinical Significance】Indicates Yang syndrome, excess syndrome, and heat syndrome.Often caused by excess pathogens, righteous Qi is not depleted, and the excess and righteous Qi clash.Long and flooding – indicates internal Yang toxicity; indicates deep heat, mania;“Pulse Classic” states: “If the pulse is floating, flooding, and long, it indicates wind dizziness and mania.”Long and wiry – indicates liver Qi rebellion, Qi stagnation transforming into fire.“Suwen Pulse Essentials” states: “Long indicates Qi treatment.”In healthy individuals, Qi and blood are abundant, and the pulse is full and surplus.14. Duan Mai (Short Pulse)【Pulse Characteristics】Only present at the guan position, not felt elsewhere.Li Zhongzi: “Both ends are low and sunken, the middle is raised and floating.”“Bin Hu Pulse Studies” states: “Does not reach the original position, responds at the guan position and returns, cannot fill the entire area.”【Clinical Significance】Short indicates Qi disease, strong indicates Qi stagnation, weak indicates Qi damage.Qi stagnation cannot expand, Qi deficiency cannot promote, hence the pulse is short.“Zhen Zong San Mei” states: “If the stomach Qi is blocked, it cannot regulate the hundred pulses, or due to phlegm, Qi, and food accumulation obstructing the Qi channels, hence the pulse appears short and rough.”15. Xian Mai (Wiry Pulse)【Pulse Characteristics】Straight and long, like pressing a guitar string.“Pulse Classic” states: “Feels like a bowstring when pressed.”“Pulse Classic Errata” states: “Resembles a zither string, straight through the middle, firm under the fingers, called wiry.”“Bin Hu Pulse Studies” states: “Like a drawn bowstring, pressing it does not move, firm like pressing a zither string.”Classification of pulse tension: Wiry pulse【Clinical Significance】Indicates liver and gallbladder diseases, various pain syndromes, phlegm-dampness, and malaria.Wiry indicates liver pulse, representing Qi stagnation.Commonly seen in cases of liver Qi stagnation, hypochondriac pain, abdominal pain, cold bi, hernia, and malaria.“Shang Han Lun” states: “If the pulse is wiry, it indicates both sides of the hypochondrium are tense.”“Jin Kui Yao Lue” states: “If the pulse is deep and wiry, it indicates internal pain due to suspended fluid.”“Coughing patients with wiry pulse indicates water retention; use Shi Zao Decoction.”“Malaria pulse is naturally wiry.”“Nei Jing” states: “Yang wiry indicates headache, Yin wiry indicates abdominal pain.”16. Kao Mai (Leather Pulse)【Pulse Characteristics】Floating and large, hollow in the middle, like pressing a drum skin.【Clinical Significance】Indicates blood loss.Pulse theory: Yin blood cannot support Yang Qi, leading to floating and dispersing Yang Qi.“Jin Kui Yao Lue” states: “If the pulse is extremely weak and leathery, it indicates clear diarrhea, blood loss, and loss of essence.”“Jing Yue Complete Book” states: “Leather pulse indicates solitary Yang detaching from Yin, indicating blood loss, loss of essence, and Qi having nowhere to return, and Yang having nowhere to attach.”17. Jin Mai (Tight Pulse)【Pulse Characteristics】Pulse is tight and urgent, like a pulled rope.“Pulse Classic” states: “Feels like a cut rope.”“Diagnostic Essentials” states: “Tight pulse is strong, bouncing under the fingers, like twisting a rope, like a tight rope.”Classification of pulse tension: Tight pulse【Clinical Significance】Indicates cold syndrome, pain syndrome, and food stagnation.Cold constricts, hence the pulse vessels shrink, often seen in cases of cold pathogens invading, causing febrile diseases, headache, cough, abdominal pain or fullness, vomiting, diarrhea, and hernia.“Pulse Classic Errata” states: “Tight indicates cold and pain.”“Jin Kui Yao Lue” states: “If the pulse is tight like a twisted rope, it indicates food stagnation.”“Tight pulse indicates headache due to wind-cold, and abdominal food stagnation that is not digested.”18. Huan Mai (Relaxed Pulse)【Pulse Characteristics】Four beats per breath, comes and goes lazily.Has two meanings.1) Pulse vessels are gentle, pulse comes smoothly, indicating tranquility, representing a balanced stomach pulse.2) Pulse vessels may be relaxed, but the pulse comes lazily.“Pulse Classic” states: “Comes and goes slowly, slightly faster than slow.”Indicates: Often due to spleen deficiency or damp pathogens obstructing.19. Ge Mai (Leather-like Pulse)【Pulse Characteristics】Hollow in the middle, firm on the outside, like pressing a drum skin.“Bin Hu Pulse Studies” states: “Leather pulse is both wiry and hollow, like pressing a drum skin.”“Medical Reality Easy” states: “Leather pulse is strong on the outside.”XU Chunfu: “Leather indicates firmness, floating, wiry, and large, like pressing a drum skin, indicating internal deficiency and external urgency.”Classification of pulse tension: Leather pulse【Clinical Significance】Indicates blood loss, loss of essence, postpartum bleeding, and leakage.Leather indicates internal deficiency of essence, Qi has nowhere to attach and floats outward.“Jin Kui Yao Lue” states: “In women, it indicates postpartum bleeding; in men, it indicates blood loss and loss of essence.”“Shang Han Lun” states: “If the pulse is wiry and large, it indicates reduction; if reduced, it indicates cold; if leathery, it indicates deficiency; if cold and deficient, it indicates this condition.”Refractory anemia often presents with this type of pulse, which is wide and hollow, indicating severe anemia. Additionally, tumors, liver cirrhosis, etc., can also be seen with this pulse.Comparison of leather pulse and hollow pulse:Both pulses are hollow and strong, indicating internal deficiency of Yang with no attachment.Hollow pulse: Soft skin and hollow center, indicating blood loss or signs of impending blood loss.Leather pulse: Firm skin and hollow center, indicating essence deficiency and cold.20. Lao Mai (Firm Pulse)【Pulse Characteristics】Strong and large, deep pressure is needed to feel it, firm and unyielding.Li Zhongzi: “Firm has two meanings: firm and solid, and also deeply rooted.”“Pulse Theory” states: “Deep and strong, firm and unyielding, strong and large, this is the nature of the firm pulse.”【Clinical Significance】Indicates internal cold, hernia, and masses.Pulse theory: Internal cold accumulates, Yang Qi sinks, hence the pulse is deep and strong.21. Ruo Mai (Weak Pulse)【Pulse Characteristics】Extremely soft and deep.“Pulse Classic” states: “Weak pulse is extremely soft and deep, almost disappearing under pressure.”“Pulse Theory Seeking Truth” states: “Deep, thin, and weak, feels like nothing when lifted, but can be felt when pressed.”Classification of pulse strength: Weak pulseIndicates: Indicates deficiency of Yang Qi or both Qi and blood deficiency.Yang deficiency cannot warm and transport, leading to weak circulation.Commonly seen in individuals with depleted original Qi, weak Yang Qi. Symptoms include pale complexion, cold limbs, shortness of breath, spontaneous sweating, weakness of muscles and bones, and nocturnal emissions.“Diagnostic Essentials” states: “Weak indicates Yang collapse, true Qi is weak.”“Jin Kui Yao Lue” states: “In men, a weak and thin pulse indicates night sweats.”22. Ru Mai (Soft Pulse)【Pulse Characteristics】Floating and soft, like cotton floating on water.“Pulse Classic” states: “Extremely soft and floating.”Shui Boren: “Soft indicates lack of strength, weak and soft, responds scattered, like cotton floating on water; light touch feels it, heavy touch makes it disappear.”“Diagnostic Essentials” states: “Must be floating, seen as thin and soft; if it is deep or heavy, it cannot be felt.”【Clinical Significance】Indicates various deficiencies, also indicates dampness.Commonly seen in cases of Qi deficiency, spontaneous sweating, fatigue, shortness of breath, etc.“Diagnostic Essentials” states: “Soft indicates both Qi and blood are sufficient, blood deficiency, lack of blood, fatigue, spontaneous sweating, cold limbs, and bi syndrome.”“Brief Discussion on Color and Pulse Diagnosis” states: “Soft pulse often reflects excess dampness, hence in cases of fatigue, skin edema, and sores, the pulse is often soft, pressing like mud and not crisp.”23. Fu Mai (Hidden Pulse)【Pulse Characteristics】Deeper than the deep pulse, requires heavy pressure on the bone to feel it, sometimes hidden and not visible.“Diagnostic Essentials” states: “Pressing on the muscles to the bone reveals its shape.”【Clinical Significance】Indicates closure of pathogens, syncope, extreme pain (hidden but strong).Often due to internal pathogens hiding, causing the pulse Qi to be unable to circulate.Conditions such as Qi closure, cold closure, heat closure, fire closure, extreme pain, and cholera can be seen.Hidden and weak – indicates Qi and blood deficiency, Yin is depleted and Yang is exhausted, “heart failure pulse is hidden.”24. Dong Mai (Moving Pulse)【Pulse Characteristics】Pulse moves like a bean, felt at the guan position.“Pulse Classic” states: “Moving pulse is felt at the guan position, without head or tail, large like a bean, shaking and trembling.”【Clinical Significance】Commonly seen in cases of fright and pain.25. Cu Mai (Interrupted Pulse)【Pulse Characteristics】Rapid with intermittent stops, stops without a fixed number.“Pulse Classic” states: “Interrupted pulse comes and goes rapidly, sometimes stopping and then returning.”“Bin Hu Pulse Studies” states: “Comes and goes rapidly, sometimes stopping and returning, like a sudden jerk, slow and fast are not constant.”Classification of pulse regularity: Interrupted pulse【Clinical Significance】Indicates excess Yang heat.Excess heat accumulates internally, obstructing the pulse channels, causing the pulse to flow poorly.“Cui’s Pulse Classic” states: “Excess Yang leads to interrupted pulse, lung abscess and Yang toxicity.”“Bin Hu Pulse Studies” states: “Interrupted pulse indicates fire treatment, with five details to consider, often seen with coughing and phlegm accumulation, or manic rashes and toxic sores.”26. Jie Mai (Knotted Pulse)【Pulse Characteristics】Slow with intermittent stops, stops without a fixed number.“Shang Han Lun” states: “Pulse comes slowly, sometimes stopping and returning, called knotted pulse.”“Pulse Classic Errata” states: “Pulse comes slowly, sometimes stopping, without a fixed number.”“Diagnostic Essentials” states: “In the midst of stagnation, sometimes a stop is felt.”Classification of pulse regularity: Knotted pulse【Clinical Significance】Indicates excess Yin and Qi stagnation.Yin cold stagnates, heart Yang is suppressed.Commonly seen in cases of Qi stagnation, blood stasis, cold phlegm, food stagnation, and masses.“Cui’s Pulse Classic” states: “Excess Yin leads to knotted pulse, hernia and masses.”“Diagnostic Essentials” states: “Knotted… indicates excess Yin and Yang cannot enter, indicating stagnation due to emotional distress.”27. Dai Mai (Regular Pulse)【Pulse Characteristics】Pulse comes with a stop, with a fixed number of stops, returning after a long time.“Pulse Classic” states: “Regular pulse comes with a number of stops, cannot return by itself, hence it moves again.”“Huo Ren Shu” states: “Comes and goes slowly with stops, cannot return by itself, hence it moves again, called regular.”Classification of pulse regularity: Regular pulse【Clinical Significance】Indicates organ Qi is weak.1) Organ Qi is weak, unable to continue, hence the pulse stops and is difficult to recover.“Diagnostic Essentials” states: “Regular indicates organ weakness, a dangerous sign.” “Heart pain seizes food, pulse moves three times and stops, cannot return for a long time.”2) Also indicates pain syndromes, emotional distress, and injuries from falls.“Fright leads to Qi disturbance.”28. Ji Mai (Rapid Pulse)【Pulse Characteristics】More than seven beats per breath.【Clinical Significance】Commonly seen in cases of Yang hyperactivity without restraint, true Yin is about to collapse. Indicates weakness, a sign that Yang Qi is about to collapse.Note: “Supraventricular tachycardia” can reach a heart rate of over 160 beats per minute, but does not belong to critical or fatal conditions.Distinguishing between interrupted, knotted, and regular pulses:All three pulses exhibit irregular rhythms, but:1. Interrupted and knotted pulses are irregular stops; regular pulse has regular stops.2. Knotted and regular pulses are slow with stops; interrupted pulse is rapid with stops.Appendix: 78 Essential Pulse Techniques + Main Herbs for Various Diseases1. The left hand’s blood contains Qi, while the right hand’s Qi contains blood.2. If the left inch pulse is strong, and the right chi pulse is also strong, it indicates that the heart is not in command, and the Mingmen fire is replaced by it; use Liu Wei Di Huang Wan to treat it.If only the left inch is strong, it indicates liver excess generating heart fire, use Sheng Mai San with Fu Shen, Yuan Zhi, and Suan Zao Ren. If the fire rises to the heart, it should be nourished and controlled.3. If the right inch lung pulse is strong, and the left chi kidney pulse is also strong, clear the lung as the main treatment, use Sheng Mai San with Dang Gui. If only the left chi is strong, use Liu Wei Di Huang Wan. If only the right inch is strong, clear the lung, as metal cannot generate water, leading to dryness and fire rising.4. If both chi pulses are strong, use Sheng Mai San with Dang Gui, nourishing wood and water, and also use Liu Wei to nourish it.5. If the left chi is strong, use Liu Wei Di Huang Tang. If both chi pulses are strong, also use Liu Wei Di Huang Tang.6. If the right chi is weak, use Ba Wei Di Huang Wan. If both chi pulses are weak, also use Ba Wei Di Huang Wan.7. If the inch pulse is strong, and both chi pulses are weak, use Liu Wei Di Huang Wan. Yin water does not rise, and Yang fire does not descend.8. If both inch pulses are floating and weak, it is advisable to tonify the upper burner, using Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang. If the upper burner’s original Qi is sufficient, its fire will descend.9. If both chi pulses are floating and weak, it is advisable to tonify the lower burner, using Liu Wei Di Huang Wan. If the lower burner’s original Qi is sufficient, its Qi will rise.10. The inch pulse belongs to the upper burner, weakness indicates deficiency; floating indicates Qi deficiency, unable to descend.11. The chi pulse belongs to the lower burner, weakness indicates Yin deficiency; floating indicates Yin deficiency, unable to rise.12. If both inch pulses are flooding and strong, it indicates fire in the upper burner, it is advisable to descend the fire, using Liang Ge San, Huang Qin Shao Yao Tang, or Dao Chi San.13. If both chi pulses are flooding and strong, it indicates fire in the lower burner, it is advisable to nourish Yin, using Huang Bai and Zhi Mu.14. If both inch pulses are wide and weak, it is advisable to tonify.15. If both chi pulses are wide and weak, it is advisable to raise Yang and disperse fire decoction.16. If the inch pulse is thin and weak, it is advisable to warm and tonify.17. If the chi pulse is thin and weak, it is advisable to warm.18. If both chi pulses are floating and strong, it is advisable to descend; if weak, it is advisable to tonify.19. If both inch pulses are floating and strong, it is advisable to sweat; if weak, it is advisable to tonify.20. If the inch pulse is thin and weak, Yang is insufficient, and Yin is rising, use Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang with Qiang Huo and Fang Feng.21. If both chi pulses are flooding and large, Yin is insufficient, and Yang is rising, use Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang with Huang Bai.22. If the left pulse is wiry and slippery with strength, heat does not retreat, use Si Wu Tang with Huang Bai, Zhi Mu, and Chai Hu.23. If the right pulse is wiry and rapid with weakness, use Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang. Or tonify spleen Yin deficiency, using Si Jun Zi Tang with Shan Yao to treat it.Left disease, right treatment; right disease, left treatment; upper disease, lower treatment; lower disease, upper treatment.24. If the left chi is floating and tight with strength, treat cold damage with exterior release; if there is strength but not tight, use Qing Xin Lian Zi Yin or Wu Ling San to benefit; if weak, it indicates deficiency, use Liu Wei Di Huang Wan; if deep and firm, it indicates cold, use warming herbs; if deep and slow, it indicates deficiency, use herbs like Zhi Mu, Rou Cong Rong, Suo Yang, and Da Huo Luo.25. If the right chi is floating and strong, it indicates an evil pulse, which will lead to cough and diarrhea, and death. If floating and weak, use Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang; if deep and slow and weak, it indicates lack of Mingmen fire, use Da Bu Yang Qi; if rapid, it indicates deficiency, which is difficult to treat.26. If the right chi is flooding and strong, use Liu Wei Di Huang Wan; if weak, use Shi Quan Da Bu Tang; if deep and thin, use Ba Wei Di Huang Wan.27. If the left chi is deep, thin, and rapid, also use Liu Wei Di Huang Wan. If both chi pulses are floating and large, it indicates lung Qi is exhausted, as metal does not generate water, hence the chi is floating and large.28. If the left chi is weak and does not rise, and the right chi is rapid or floating and large, it indicates deficiency, which may take two to three years to recover.29. If any floating and large pulse is seen at the right chi, it indicates false fire; treat according to internal injury.30. If any deficiency or consumption disease is seen at the right chi, external wind-cold is seen at the left chi. The left chi does not show Tai Yang, indicating internal injury or overwork.31. If the pulse is deep and strong, and there is constipation, use Cheng Qi Tang; if deep and weak, and there is constipation, use Xiong Gui Zhi Ke Tang.32. If the pulse is deep and rapid, it indicates hidden fire in the Yin, it is advisable to drain the hidden fire in the Yin, using Liu Wei Di Huang Wan or similar herbs; if wide and weak, it indicates Yin Qi is not yet exhausted; if wide and strong, it indicates death after three months if untreated; if diarrhea is seen with this pulse, it is also untreatable.33. If any mixed disease of cold damage in the elderly shows an interrupted pulse, it indicates a sign of recovery. However, if vomiting is seen with an interrupted pulse, it indicates death.34. If the stomach pulse is wide, use Bao Yuan Tang with Mai Dong and Wu Wei Zi. If seen in the spleen pulse, use Bao Yuan Tang with Gan Jiang and Bai Zhu. If seen in the large intestine pulse, use Ba Zhen Tang with Huang Bai and Zhi Mu. If seen in the lung pulse, use Ba Wei Di Huang Wan. If seen in the small intestine, use Liu Yi San or Che Qian Zi, Mu Tong, and other herbs. If seen in the heart pulse, use Da Bu Yin Wan. If seen in the liver pulse, use Si Wu Tang with Bai Mu. If seen in the gallbladder pulse, use Huang Lian Xie Xin Tang.35. If any wide pulse is seen, it must be deep and slow to be treatable; if deep, the stomach is not exhausted; if slow, the spleen is not exhausted; if neither is deep nor slow, the medicine will not be effective.36. If any wide pulse is seen, it indicates external fire; if deep and thin, it indicates internal fire. If all six pulses have fire, it is advisable to use Ba Zhen Tang to harmonize.37. If any pulse is neither large nor small, neither long nor short, without rapid, tight, thin, or wide pulses, it is easy to treat.38. If any disease shows floating, deep, slow, rapid, wiry, or strong pulses, it indicates excess; if weak, it indicates deficiency; if delirious, it indicates death; if silent, it indicates doubt.39. For any disease, first harmonize the exterior and interior, and return to the spleen, then adjust Qi, blood, and phlegm. Treat as desired, using Ren Shen, Ling Zhi, and then add Bai Zhu, Shao Yao, and Chen Pi to support the eight treasures.40. If any pulse is floating and large, or both hands are floating and large, or light pressure is floating, heavy pressure is weak and small, or the kidney pulse is heavy and weak, it indicates insufficient central Qi. Tight, wiry, and rapid pulses indicate spleen and stomach insufficiency.41. If the pulse is deep and slow with cold sweat, it is dangerous; if deep and thin with cold sweat, it indicates death; if flooding and large with cold sweat, it indicates immediate death.42. If the spleen pulse is sudden and rapid, and the kidney pulse is heavy and weak, with no exterior symptoms, it is advisable to use Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang. If the chi pulse is larger than the inch pulse, it indicates excess Yin and Yang deficiency, it is advisable to sweat. If the inch pulse is larger than the chi pulse, it indicates excess Yang and Yin deficiency, it is advisable to purge. If the chi pulse is floating and strong, it is advisable to treat the exterior; if weak, it is advisable to tonify; if deep and strong, it is advisable to nourish Yin and descend fire; if weak, it is advisable to use Liu Wei Di Huang Wan.43. If any flooding and slippery pulse is seen, it indicates Yang pulse; if there is no phlegm, it indicates a rich pulse; if flooding and large, it indicates a disease pulse. If deep and thin, it indicates a Yin pulse; if deep and slow, it indicates cold; if deep and rapid, it indicates heat; if deep, thin, rapid, and all are disease pulses.44. If the left pulse is weak, and the right pulse is wide and strong, use Liu Wei Di Huang Wan with Wu Wei Zi, Gan Jiang, and Yi Zhi.45. If the right chi is large, it indicates the lord is not in command, and the fire of the heart is replaced. If the evil fire does not kill the grain, it is advisable to warm the fire to generate earth, using Liu Wei Di Huang Wan with Wu Wei Zi, Gan Jiang, and Yi Zhi.46. If blood conditions show wide and weak pulses, it can be prolonged; if short, rapid, thin, rapid, wide and strong, it is ominous.47. If there is body heat with sweating, it indicates blood deficiency. If the pulse is floating and large and weak, treating Yin deficiency will not be effective.48. Only if the pulse is floating and large and strong, use Liu Wei Di Huang Wan with Ren Shen, or make it into a decoction.49. If the lower part shows rapid pulses, do not use Gan Jiang; it is advisable to use Fu Zi to raise it; if the upper part shows rapid pulses, it is advisable to use Gan Jiang, as it warms the middle and reaches the lower part.50. If the heart pulse is flooding and large, and the Mingmen pulse does not rise, it indicates the heart’s true pulse, indicating wealth; if it is even and clean, it indicates nobility; if it is deep and small, it is also a true pulse; if it is wide and large, it indicates insufficient blood in the pericardium, use Gui Pi Tang or similar herbs. If the pulse is short and rough, it indicates insufficient blood in the pericardium.51. If the liver pulse is wiry and long, and the spleen pulse is slow, it indicates not only no disease but also wealth and nobility.52. If the liver pulse is wiry and long, and the spleen pulse is short, it indicates spleen Yin deficiency, use Shan Yao, Lian Zi, and Wu Wei Zi. If it is rapid, it indicates insufficient central Qi, use Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang.53. If the spleen pulse is slow, but the liver pulse is either wiry, tight, or wiry and tight with flooding and rapid pulses, treat the liver.54. If the lung pulse is short and rough, and the heart pulse is floating and flooding, it is advisable to promote urination. If the lung pulse is floating and large, or wide, or thin, even if the heart pulse is not balanced, it should also be treated from the lung.55. If floating and strong, it indicates the exterior is solid and should be released; if weak, it indicates Yang deficiency and should be warmed. If deep and strong, it indicates accumulation of stagnation and dry feces, and should be purged; if weak, it indicates Yin deficiency and should be tonified.56. If any wide pulse is seen, it indicates Yang deficiency.57. If deep and tight, it indicates heat, and spleen Yin is insufficient; use Si Wu Tang with Zhi Bai and similar herbs. If deep and short, rapid, or thin, it should be treated internally.58. If the pulse is seen in the right hand and is uneven, do not treat it as an external excess; if the pulse is seen in the left hand and is uneven, do not treat it as an internal deficiency.59. The left indicates excess, the right indicates deficiency.60. If the pulse is floating and large, it is advisable to use Qi tonics in the Qi level; if the pulse is deep and thin, it is advisable to use blood tonics in the blood level.61. For any disease, although it is said to be deficient, excess, cold, or hot, many are seen together.62. Heat leads to circulation; all floating, large, and rapid pulses indicate heat.63. Cold leads to solidity; all deep, small, slow, and short pulses indicate cold.64. Excess indicates rigidity; slippery, wiry, and tight pulses indicate excess.65. Deficiency indicates softness; rough, soft, and relaxed pulses indicate deficiency.66. Floating indicates exterior, deep indicates interior, large and rapid indicates heat, small and slow indicates cold, long indicates heat circulation, short indicates cold stagnation, excess indicates excess evil, deficiency indicates deficiency of righteous Qi, wiry and tight indicates pain, short and firm indicates accumulation, soft and relaxed indicates dampness, relaxed and large indicates damp-heat, slippery indicates blood excess or phlegm, rough indicates blood deficiency with stagnation.67. If the right guan is slow and strong, it indicates the stomach is strong and the spleen is weak; use Bai Zhu one qian, Bai Dou Kou three fen, Gan Cao five fen, Chen Pi five fen, all ground into powder and taken with meat soup.68. If the thin pulse is seen, it should be deep and thin, indicating gradual Yang deficiency. If it turns deep and rapid, it indicates a sign of tuberculosis that is untreatable; if the pulse is in the middle, it indicates survival.69. For wiry pulses, sweet and sour medicines can be used, such as Huang Qi Jian Zhong Tang, or Gan Cao Shao Yao Tang.70. For flooding pulses, sweet and cold medicines can be used, as heat pathogens are harmful; San Huang Wan, Tiao Wei Cheng Qi Tang can be used.71. For spleen and stomach slow pulses, if the original channel is too excessive, it indicates damp pathogens are harmful; use damp-dispersing and light-penetrating medicines, such as Ping Wei San with Bai Zhu, Fu Ling, or Wu Ling San.72. For rough pulses, dry heat is harmful; sweet, warm, and moistening medicines can be used, such as Yi Gong San with Dang Gui, or Si Jun Zi Tang with Shu Di.73. For deep and thin pulses, cold pathogens are harmful; sweet and hot medicines can be used, such as Li Zhong Tang, Si Ni Tang. If it is very cold, use Li Zhong Tang with Fu Zi, Yi Huang San, or Yang Wei Wan.74. If all six pulses are wiry, and the fingers feel weak, it indicates weakness of the spleen and stomach.75. If all six pulses are deep and tight, pressing does not yield a response, indicating the bladder is stronger than the small intestine; this indicates fire attacking water, indicating a severe cold condition, and should be warmed.76. If the pulse is deep and faint, tight and rough, pressing yields emptiness. If flooding and large, pressing yields no strength, it still indicates a cold deficiency; how much more so if deep and tight yields emptiness, indicating internal cold, and extreme cold deficiency in the lower burner.77. If the pulse comes slowly and is wiry and urgent, pressing reveals a large flooding pulse, indicating that the lower part is affected.78. If the pulse is large, it indicates no fire; if the pulse is thin, it indicates no water.Main Herbs for Various DiseasesFor sudden stroke and loss of speech, use Zao Jiao and Xi Xin as the main treatment. For phlegm and Qi obstruction, use Nan Xing and Mu Xiang as the main treatment. For speech difficulties, use Shi Chang Pu and Zhu Li as the main treatment.For facial droop, use Fang Feng and Qiang Huo as the main treatment. For spasms in hands and feet, use Fang Feng and Qiang Huo as the main treatment. Left paralysis indicates blood deficiency, use Chuan Xiong and Dang Gui as the main treatment.Right paralysis indicates Qi deficiency, use Ren Shen and Bai Zhu as the main treatment. For all wind conditions, use Fang Feng and Qiang Huo as the main treatment. For cold damage headache, use Qiang Huo and Chuan Xiong as the main treatment. For body pain, use Cang Zhu and Qiang Huo as the main treatment.For sweating, use Ma Huang and Gui Zhi as the main treatment. For prolonged sweating, use Zi Su and Qing Pi as the main treatment; for exterior heat, use Chai Hu as the main treatment. To stop sweating, use Gui Zhi and Shao Yao as the main treatment.For interior heat, use Huang Lian and Huang Qin as the main treatment. For high fever and delirium, use Huang Qin, Huang Lian, Huang Bai, and Zhi Zi as the main treatment. For mania and constipation, use Da Huang and Mang Xiao as the main treatment.For thirst, use Shi Gao and Zhi Mu as the main treatment. For chest fullness and bloating, use Jie Geng and Zhi Ke as the main treatment. For fullness and oppression under the heart, use Zhi Shi and Huang Lian as the main treatment. For irritability, use Zhi Zi and Dou Chi as the main treatment.For restlessness, use Zhu Ye and Shi Gao as the main treatment. For insomnia, use Zhi Shi and Zhu Ru as the main treatment. For dry nose and inability to sleep, use Ge Gen and Shao Yao as the main treatment. For rashes, use Xuan Shen and Sheng Ma as the main treatment.For jaundice, use Yin Chen and Wei Zi as the main treatment. For cold and Yin symptoms, use Fu Zi and Gan Jiang as the main treatment. For heat stroke, use Xiang Ru and Bian Dou as the main treatment. For dampness, use Cang Zhu and Bai Zhu as the main treatment.To drain heart fire, use Huang Lian as the main treatment. To drain lung fire, use Huang Qin as the main treatment. To drain spleen fire, use Shao Yao as the main treatment. To drain stomach fire, use Shi Gao as the main treatment. To drain liver fire, use Chai Hu as the main treatment.To drain kidney fire, use Zhi Mu as the main treatment. To drain bladder fire, use Huang Bai as the main treatment. To drain small intestine fire, use Mu Tong as the main treatment. To drain curved fire, use Wei Zi as the main treatment. To drain rootless fire, use Xuan Shen as the main treatment. For internal injury to original Qi, use Huang Qi, Ren Shen, and Gan Cao as the main treatment. For spleen and stomach weakness, use Bai Zhu and Shan Yao as the main treatment. To digest food accumulation, use Mai Ya and Shen Qu as the main treatment. To digest meat accumulation, use Shan Zha and Cao Guo as the main treatment. To digest alcohol accumulation, use Huang Lian, Gan Ge, and Wu Mei as the main treatment. To digest cold accumulation, use Ba Dou as the main treatment. To digest heat accumulation, use Da Huang as the main treatment. For six stagnations, use Cang Zhu and Xiang Fu as the main treatment.To resolve phlegm, use Gua Lou, Bei Mu, and Zhi Shi as the main treatment. For damp phlegm, use Ban Xia and Fu Ling as the main treatment. For wind phlegm, use Bai Fu Zi and Nan Xing as the main treatment. For phlegm in the four limbs and meridians, use Zhu Li and Jiang Juice as the main treatment. For phlegm in both sides, use Bai Jie Zi as the main treatment. For old phlegm, use Hai Shi as the main treatment. For lung cold cough, use Ma Huang and Xing Ren as the main treatment. For lung heat cough, use Huang Qin and Sang Bai Pi as the main treatment.For chronic cough, use Kuan Dong Hua and Wu Wei Zi as the main treatment. For asthma, use Su Zi and Sang Bai Pi as the main treatment. For malaria, use new cases for interception, using Chang Shan as the main treatment; for chronic malaria, use Bai Dou Kou as the main treatment. For dysentery at the onset, use Da Huang as the main treatment; for heat accumulation and Qi stagnation, use Huang Lian and Zhi Ke as the main treatment; for urgent and heavy feeling, use Mu Xiang and Bing Lang as the main treatment; for chronic dysentery with white stools, use Bai Zhu and Fu Ling as the main treatment; for chronic dysentery with red stools, use Dang Gui and Chuan Xiong as the main treatment. For diarrhea, use Bai Zhu and Fu Ling as the main treatment; for watery diarrhea, use Hua Shi as the main treatment; for prolonged diarrhea, use He Zi and Rou Dou Kou as the main treatment; (or add Chai Hu and Sheng Ma to raise the sinking Qi, stopping the diarrhea). For cholera, use Huo Xiang and Ban Xia as the main treatment; for vomiting, use Jiang Juice and Ban Xia as the main treatment. For cough reversal, use Shi Di as the main treatment.For sour swallowing, use Cang Zhu and Shen Qu as the main treatment. For nausea, use Jiang fried Huang Lian and fried Wei Zi as the main treatment. For Qi regulation, use Wu Yao and Xiang Fu as the main treatment. For fullness and bloating, use Zhi Shi and Huang Lian as the main treatment. For distension and fullness, use Da Fu Pi and Chen Pi as the main treatment. For edema, use Zhu Ling and Ze Xie as the main treatment. For broadening the middle, use Sha Ren and Zhi Ke as the main treatment. For accumulation, use San Ling and E Zhu as the main treatment. Accumulation on the left indicates blood stasis, use Tao Ren to disperse; accumulation on the right indicates food accumulation, use Xiang Fu and Zhi Shi as the main treatment; accumulation in the middle indicates phlegm and dampness, use Ban Xia as the main treatment. For jaundice, use Yin Chen as the main treatment. To tonify Yang, use Huang Qi and Fu Zi as the main treatment; to tonify Yin, use Dang Gui and Shu Di as the main treatment; to tonify Qi, use Huang Qi and Ren Shen as the main treatment; to tonify blood, use Dang Gui and Sheng Di as the main treatment. To break blood stasis, use Gui Wei and Tao Ren as the main treatment. To raise Qi, use Sheng Ma and Jie Geng as the main treatment.For tuberculosis, use bamboo juice and children’s urine as the main treatment. For sudden vomiting blood, use Da Huang and Tao Ren as the main treatment. For chronic vomiting blood, use Dang Gui and Chuan Xiong as the main treatment. For nosebleeds, use Ku Huang Qin and Shao Yao as the main treatment.To stop bleeding, use Jing Mo and Jiu Zhi as the main treatment. For blood in urine, use Zhi Zi and Mu Tong as the main treatment. For spontaneous sweating, use Huang Qi and Bai Zhu as the main treatment. For dizziness, use Chuan Xiong and Tian Ma as the main treatment. If the pulse is weak, use Huang Qi and Ren Shen as the main treatment. If the pulse is wiry, use Cang Zhu, Ban Xia, and Tao Ren as the main treatment. For epilepsy, use Nan Xing and Ban Xia as the main treatment. For forgetfulness, use Yuan Zhi and Shi Chang Pu as the main treatment. For fright and palpitations, use Fu Shen and Yuan Zhi as the main treatment. For restlessness, use Zhu Ye as the main treatment. For insomnia, use Suan Zao Ren as the main treatment. For left-sided headache, use Xiong. Gui as the main treatment; for right-sided headache, use Ren Shen as the main treatment; for headache due to wind, use Man Jing Zi as the main treatment.For black hair, use He Shou Wu as the main treatment. For tinnitus, use Dang Gui and Long Gu as the main treatment. For sores in the nose, use Huang Qin as the main treatment. For nasal congestion and heavy voice, use Fang Feng and Jing Jie as the main treatment.For nasal discharge, use Xin Yi Ren as the main treatment. For sores on the tongue and mouth, use Huang Lian as the main treatment. For toothache, use Shi Gao and Sheng Ma as the main treatment. For eye swelling, use Da Huang and Jing Jie as the main treatment. For cloudiness in the eyes, use Bai Dou Kou as the main treatment. For eye diseases, use Zhi Li and Mu Ze as the main treatment. For internal cloudiness, use Shu Di Huang as the main treatment. For lung abscess and lung atrophy, use Yi Yi Ren as the main treatment. For sore throat, use Jie Geng and Gan Cao as the main treatment.For tuberculosis and lymph nodes, use Xia Ku Cao as the main treatment. For heart and stomach pain, use fried Wei Zi as the main treatment. For abdominal pain, use Shao Yao and Gan Cao as the main treatment. For cold abdominal pain, use Wu Zhu Yu and Liang Jiang as the main treatment.To stop all pain, use Ru Xiang and Mo Yao as the main treatment. For lower back pain, use Du Zhong and Zhi Mu as the main treatment. For side pain, use Bai Jie Zi and Qing Pi as the main treatment. For arm pain, use Bo Gui and Qiang Huo as the main treatment.For hernia, use Xiao Hui Xiang and Chuan Lian Zi as the main treatment. For foot pain due to damp heat, use Cang Zhu and Huang Bai as the main treatment. For lower burner weakness, use Niu Xi and Mu Guo as the main treatment. For atrophy, use Ren Shen and Bai Zhu as the main treatment.For joint pain, use Qiang Huo as the main treatment. For hemiplegia, use He Shou Wu, Chuan Xiong, and Cao Wu as the main treatment. For all upper pain, use wind herbs such as Qiang Huo, Jie Geng, Gui Zhi, and Wei Ling Xian as the main treatment; for lower pain, use Niu Xi, Mu Tong, Fang Ji, and Huang Bai as the main treatment. For diabetes, use Tian Hua Fen as the main treatment. To generate body fluids, use Ren Shen, Wu Wei Zi, and Mai Men Dong as the main treatment. For red and white dysentery, use Fu Ling as the main treatment.For nocturnal emissions, use Long Gu and Mu Li as the main treatment. For urinary retention, use Mu Tong and Che Qian Zi as the main treatment. For constipation, use Da Huang and Mang Xiao as the main treatment. For blood in stool, use Huai Hua and Di Yu as the main treatment.For hemorrhoids, use Huang Lian and Huai Jiao as the main treatment. For prolapse of the rectum, use Sheng Ma and Chai Hu as the main treatment. For all worms, use Shi Jun Zi and Bing Lang as the main treatment. For women’s diseases, use Xiang Fu as the main treatment.For women’s abdominal pain, use Wu Zhu Yu and Xiang Fu as the main treatment. For women’s menstrual irregularities, use Tao Ren and Hong Hua as the main treatment. For women’s blood collapse, use fried Pu Huang as the main treatment. For women’s leukorrhea, use fried Gan Jiang as the main treatment.For women’s pregnancy maintenance, use Chai Hu and Bai Zhu as the main treatment. For women’s postpartum heat, use fried black ginger as the main treatment. For women’s postpartum lochia not flowing, use Yi Mu Cao as the main treatment.For women’s difficult labor, use Chuan Xiong and Dang Gui as the main treatment. For women’s milk not flowing, use Chuan Shan Jia as the main treatment. For women’s breast inflammation, use Bai Zhi and Bei Mu as the main treatment. For children’s malnutrition, use Lu Hui and Peng Zhu as the main treatment.For children’s convulsions, use Zhu Sha as the main treatment. For initial onset of all toxins, use Ai Huo Moxibustion as the main treatment. For back pain, use Huai Hua as the main treatment. For carbuncles, use Jin Yin Hua as the main treatment. For pus that does not drain, use Bai Zhi as the main treatment.For ulcers, use Bei Mu as the main treatment. For carbuncles, use Bai Fan as the main treatment. For toxic stool, use Chuan Shan Jia and Mu Bie Zi as the main treatment. For fish mouth sores, use Niu Xi and Chuan Shan Jia as the main treatment.For malnutrition, use Wu Bei Zi as the main treatment. For Yang Mei sores, use Tu Fu Ling as the main treatment. For sores, use Qing Fen and Huang Bai as the main treatment. For injuries from falls, use children’s urine and good wine as the main treatment.For scabies, use Bai Fan and Sulfur as the main treatment. For vitiligo, use Mi Tuo Seng as the main treatment. For all swollen toxic conditions, use Lian Qiao and Niu Bang Zi as the main treatment. For tetanus, use Nan Xing and Fang Feng as the main treatment.For burns and scalds, use Bai Fan and Da Huang as the main treatment. For dog bites, use Xing Ren and Gan Cao as the main treatment. For rabid dog bites, use Ban Mao as the main treatment. For snake bites, use Bai Zhi as the main treatment.For all toxins, use Xiang You as the main treatment. For arsenic poisoning, use Dou Chi and Qiao Wen as the main treatment. For all bone and throat obstructions, use dog saliva frequently as the main treatment.
