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The Ancient Chinese Medicine of Circular Motion: The Slippery Pulse and the Soft Pulse

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The Ancient Chinese Medicine of Circular Motion: The Slippery Pulse and the Soft Pulse

The slippery pulse (hua mai) has two manifestations: boiling (ding fei) and pearl on a plate (pan zhu). The boiling pulse indicates a heat syndrome, while the pearl pulse indicates abundant body fluids. Dry heat injures body fluids, similar to water boiling in a pot over fire, hence the pulse is slippery; when body fluids … Read more

Zhang Litiao: Commentary on the Essentials of the Four Diagnostic Methods (Vernacular Explanation) 37 – Explanation of Slippery Pulse, Rough Pulse, and String Pulse

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Zhang Litiao: Commentary on the Essentials of the Four Diagnostic Methods (Vernacular Explanation) 37 - Explanation of Slippery Pulse, Rough Pulse, and String Pulse

Slippery pulse indicates phlegm disease, governs food stagnation, inch position indicates vomiting, and cubit position indicates blood and pus in stool.【Note】Slippery pulse is a yang pulse, with excess yang indicating phlegm, hence it governs phlegm diseases.The right guan position corresponds to the stomach, thus it governs phlegm from food.The left guan position corresponds to the … Read more