Learn about Pulse Diagnosis and gain insight into the classifications of various pulses. Discover methods from China on how to feel the pulse. In Chinese medicine pulse diagnosis there are four important elements, namely location, rate, shape, and force in traditional pulse condition. It can be either superficial or deep, slow or rapid, excessive or deficient. In modern times, we apply the standard of 28 different pulse conditions in the Chinese Medicine study. Pulses you will learn about: The floating, deep, slow, rapid, foreceless, excessive pulse groups and about pulses in combination such as the floating and tight pulse, slippery and rapid pulse and many more pulses in combinations. This is what you get: Download the E-Book: 68 pages Purhase the full course on: https://wushantcm.com/courses/pulse-diagnosis-in-chinese-medicine/

1. Pulse Diagnosis in
Chinese Medicine
Online Course by Tim Vukan – Wushan TCM

2. Tim Vukan, MMed, Master of Chinese medicine
at (ZCMU) is one of the few foreigners who
completed his more than 13 years of Chinese
medicine education directly in China! He is a
certified Chinese medicine practitioner who has
been studying and practicing for more than ten
years at Zhejiang Chinese Medical University in
Hangzhou (China). He is now teaching Chinese
medicine to Chinese and foreign students at
ZCMU.
Contact Email: info@wushantcm.com
About Tim Vukan

3. CONTENTS
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Insight from China
Introduction to Pulse Diagnosis
Learning Experience
The Classification of Pulses
脉诊在中国
脉诊入门
脉象分类与主病
训练把脉

4. CONTENTS
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The concurrent pulse groups
Your Questions
相兼脉与主病
有问题? 联系我！

5. Pulse Diagnosis on a young child
脉诊 Mài Zhěn
pulse diagnosis

6. There are four important elements, namely location, rate,
shape, and force in traditional pulse condition. Pulse
location refers to where a pulse can be taken.
It can be either superficial or deep. A pulse with superficial
location is called floating pulse while with deep location
deep pulse. Pulse rate refers to the frequency of pulse. And
it is either slow or rapid. A slow pulse is one with less than
4 beats per breath and a rapid pulse with 5 or 6. Pulse
shape refers to the radial extent of the pulse or its special
form responding to the finger. For example, the hollow
pulse responds to the finger like a scallion stalk while the
bouncing pulse bouncing pea. Pulse power refers to the
strength of the pulse, it can be either differentiated into an
excess one or a deficient one. A pulse that responds to the
finger forcefully is named excess pulse while powerlessly
deficient pulse.

7. The floating pulse group
浮脉类

8. 1. The Classification of Pulses
The floating pulse group 浮脉类
The floating pulse group includes the floating pulse, surging
pulse, moderate pulse, scattered pulse, hollow pulse and
drum skin pulse. The location of all these pulses is shallow
and can be felt by a gentle pressure, so they are all
classified into one group.

9. 1. The floating pulse
[Features of Pulse Condition]
It responds to the finger like a driftwood floating on the
water when pressed gently but gets weakened when a
heavy pressure is applied.
[Clinical Significance]
It suggests the exterior syndrome, and can also be found in
the syndrome of deficiency.
[Pulse Explanation]
The floating pulse reflecting the pathogenic factors remain
at the muscle surface and indicates the exterior syndrome.
When exogenous pathogenic factors attack the superficial
portion of the body, defensive Yang Qi combats with them
and vessel Qi rises to the surface. It responds to the finger
when pressed gently. In case of a protracted disease and
weak constitution, the Yang Qi cannot be hold and
escaping outside, the pulse can also be floating and
forceless.

10. The deep pulse group 沉脉类
The deep pulse group includes the deep pulse, the hidden
pulse, the weak pulse and the firm pulse. The location of
these pulses is deep and can only be touched when
pressed heavily.

11. 1. The Deep pulse
[Features of Pulse Condition]
It only responds to the finger when pressed heavily, like a
stone deep at the water bottom.
[Clinical Significance]
It suggests the interior syndrome. but also can be found in
normal persons.
[Pulse Explanation]
Pathogenic factors accumulated in the interior, the healthy
Qi struggles with the pathogenic factor and cause the Qi
and blood getting blocked inside, so the pulse will be deep
and forceful, suggesting the interior excess syndrome; but if
there is deficiency of Zang-Fu organs which results in
consumption of Yang Qi and exhaustion of Qi and blood,
then the pulse should be deep and forceless, suggesting
the interior deficiency syndrome.

12. Pulse Combinations Corresponding Syndromes
Deep and wiry pulse Indicating the liver-Qi stagnation or water
retention in the body
Deep and rough pulse Indicating the blood stasis syndrome.
pathogenic cold
Wiry and thread pulse Indicating liver-kidney Yin deficiency, or liver Qi
stagnation with deficiency in the spleen
Deep and moderate pulse Indicating retention of water-dampness resulting
from deficiency in the spleen
Deep and thready pulse Indicating the deficiency of Yin or deficiency of
blood
Wiry, slippery and rapid pulse Indicating liver fire with phlegm, or internal
phlegm-heat accumulation
Deep, thready and rapid pulse Indicating the deficiency of Yin or deficiency-heat
syndrome
Wiry and tense pulse Indicating cold-pain or obstruction of the liver
vessels due to pathogenic cold

13. Do you have any
Questions? Learn about pulses
Practice them on a
real patient
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