Section Nine Key Points of Pulse Diagnosis: Slippery and Floating
Page 84, the size of the pulse, slippery, hard, floating, and deep can indicate different conditions. The representations of the five organs can be inferred. The sounds of the five organs can be perceived. The subtle diagnosis of the five colors can be observed. The pulse color can match, and the pulse color can correspond, which is essential for a comprehensive diagnosis.
This sentence encapsulates a key point of diagnosis. It is the essence of our diagnostic principles. Let’s redraw this. The upper jiao includes the heart, lungs, liver, spleen, and kidneys; this is the upper part, this is yang, and this is yin.
We refer to slippery pulse (hua mai), hard pulse (ke mai), floating pulse (fu mai), and deep pulse (chen mai). Among these, slippery and floating belong to yang pulses. If it is a hard pulse or a deep pulse, these belong to our yin pulses.
Thus, using these four terms, slippery and floating represent yang, while hard and deep represent yin, allowing us to distinguish between yin and yang.
The entire system of Traditional Chinese Medicine revolves around yin and yang. After all this discussion, it still emphasizes yin and yang. The upper part, the thoracic cavity, contains the lungs and heart, which belong to the upper, yang area, while the lower part is yin.
Therefore, when we perform pulse diagnosis, the upper part relates to yang, and the lower part relates to yin. In the center, we have the stomach located here. Isn’t there a stomach in this area? No one’s stomach goes that low, right? Only the stomach is in this area. A slightly lower stomach prolapse is still not that low; the stomach does not differ that much.
Thus, the center is the spleen and earth. I mention this center, yin and yang center; this center is where yin and yang converge, where yin qi and yang qi intersect, and yin and yang combine to form the center. Therefore, the center is where the defensive qi resides.
So we consider the center as earth, and all the normal pulses of the organs, when you palpate the pulse, the shape of the pulse, for example, if you feel the liver pulse is string-like (xian), its shape is string-like, but its pulse qi, its strength, must be gentle, and it must have this aspect of stomach qi.
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Analysis of the Dao – Ni Haixia’s “Huangdi Neijing” Chapter 1, Theory of Ancient Innocence (1.2)
Preface – Ni Haixia’s “Huangdi Neijing” (1.1)
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