The floating pulse, the sinking pulse, and pulse diagnosis

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One of the mainstays of TCM diagnosis is pulse diagnosis.

 

A " floating pulse " is one that that can be felt the easiest with very slight

pressure. Increase the pressure of your finger on a floating pulse, and it

disappears. Decrease the pressure on the wrist, and you start to be able to

feel the pulse again.

 

In contrast, a " sinking " pulse is one that is felt most strongly with the

most pressure on the wrist. Ease up on the pressure on the pulse and it's

harder to feel.

 

A floating pulse usually points to attack by an External Pernicious Evil

like Wind Chill, Wind Heat, etc. The body is being attacked at the most

superficial levels. In contrast, a sinking pulse means that there is an

Interior imbalance. An External Evil has moved deep into the body, or an

Internal imbalance has arisen from other factors.

 

I don't want to go into the full TCM pulse diagnosis in this pulse. TCM

healers don't check 1 pulse position like in the West. TCM healers check a

minimum of 12 different pulses, three on each arm at two different levels.

 

For now, a good exercise for people interested in learning pulse diagnosis

is to check one position like is done in the West and see if the pulse feels

stronger with slight pressure or heavy pressure on the wrist. This will

start to get you familiar with pulse diagnosis.

 

Victoria

 

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I'm reposting this since it hasn't yet come through via my email, and

it forms the base of some posts done tonight on pulse diagnosis.

This was the first post I did this morning as way of introduction to

the pulse diagnosis posts I did tonight. My apologies if it already

has come through on your email and this is a duplicate message.

 

 

Chinese Traditional Medicine , " Judy Fitzgerald "

<victoria_dragon@h...> wrote:

> One of the mainstays of TCM diagnosis is pulse diagnosis.

>

> A " floating pulse " is one that that can be felt the easiest with

very slight

> pressure. Increase the pressure of your finger on a floating

pulse, and it

> disappears. Decrease the pressure on the wrist, and you start to be

able to

> feel the pulse again.

>

> In contrast, a " sinking " pulse is one that is felt most strongly

with the

> most pressure on the wrist. Ease up on the pressure on the pulse

and it's

> harder to feel.

>

> A floating pulse usually points to attack by an External Pernicious

Evil

> like Wind Chill, Wind Heat, etc. The body is being attacked at the

most

> superficial levels. In contrast, a sinking pulse means that there

is an

> Interior imbalance. An External Evil has moved deep into the body,

or an

> Internal imbalance has arisen from other factors.

>

> I don't want to go into the full TCM pulse diagnosis in this

pulse. TCM

> healers don't check 1 pulse position like in the West. TCM healers

check a

> minimum of 12 different pulses, three on each arm at two different

levels.

>

> For now, a good exercise for people interested in learning pulse

diagnosis

> is to check one position like is done in the West and see if the

pulse feels

> stronger with slight pressure or heavy pressure on the wrist. This

will

> start to get you familiar with pulse diagnosis.

>

> Victoria

>

>

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