浮为在表，为风(应人迎)，为气(应气口)，为热，为痛，为呕，为胀，为痞，为喘，为
厥，为内结，为满不食。浮大为鼻塞，浮缓为不仁，浮大长为风眩癫疾，浮滑疾为宿食，浮
大而涩为宿食滞气，浮短为肺伤诸气，浮滑为饮、为走刺，浮细而滑为伤饮，浮滑疾紧为百
合病，浮数大便坚、小便数，浮紧为淋、为癃闭。
寸芤为吐血，微芤为衄血，关芤为大便出血，尺芤为下焦虚、小便出血。
滑为吐，为满，为咳，为热，为伏痰，为宿食，为蓄血，为经闭，为鬼疰，为血气俱实
。滑散为瘫缓，滑数为结热，滑实为胃热，和滑为妊娠，滑而大小不均必吐，为病进，为泄
利，滑而浮大，小腹痛，溺则阴中痛，大便亦然。
实为热，为呕，为痛，为气塞，为喘咳，为大便不禁。实紧为阴不胜阳，为胃热，为腰痛。
弦为寒，为痛，为饮，为疟，为水气，为中虚，为厥逆，为拘急，为寒癖。弦紧为恶寒
，为疝瘕，为癖，为瘀血；双弦胁急痛；弦而钩为胁下刺痛；弦长为积，随左右上下。
紧为寒，为痛(头骨肉等)，为咳，为喘，为满。浮紧为肺有水，紧滑为蛔动，为宿食，
为吐逆，紧急为遁尸，紧数为寒热。
洪为胀，为满，为痛，为热，为烦。洪实为癫，洪紧为痈疽，为喘急，亦为胀，洪大为
祟，洪浮为阳邪来见。
Floating pulse indicates the pathogen is in the exterior, wind (corresponding to the Renying point), qi disharmony (corresponding to the Qikou point), heat, pain, vomiting, distension, fullness, obstruction, wheezing, jue syndrome (reversal cold/heat), internal binding, abdominal fullness with anorexia.
A floating and large pulse indicates nasal congestion; a floating and slow pulse indicates numbness of the skin; a floating, large, and long pulse indicates wind-induced vertigo, epilepsy; a floating, slippery, rapid, and swift pulse indicates retained food; a floating, large, and choppy pulse indicates retained food and stagnant qi; a floating and short pulse indicates lung injury and various qi disorders; a floating and slippery pulse indicates phlegm-fluid retention and stabbing pain that moves; a floating, fine, and slippery pulse indicates injury by drinking fluids; a floating, slippery, rapid, and tight pulse indicates Baihe disease (Lily Disease); a floating and rapid pulse indicates dry stool and frequent urination; a floating and tight pulse indicates strangury and urinary retention.
A Kou pulse at the Cun position indicates hematemesis; a slightly visible Kou pulse indicates epistaxis; a Kou pulse at the Guan position indicates blood in the stool; a Kou pulse at the Chi position indicates deficiency of the Lower Jiao and hematuria.
A slippery pulse indicates vomiting, fullness, cough, heat, latent phlegm, retained food, blood stasis, amenorrhea, Guizhu disease (infectious tuberculosis-like condition), and excess of both qi and blood.
A scattered slippery pulse indicates flaccid paralysis; a rapid slippery pulse indicates internal knotted heat; a solid slippery pulse indicates stomach heat; a harmonious slippery pulse indicates pregnancy; a slippery pulse with unequal size必然 leads to vomiting, indicates disease progression, and diarrhea/dysentery; a floating and large slippery pulse indicates lower abdominal pain, pain in the urethra during urination, and pain during defecation.
A solid pulse indicates heat, vomiting, pain, qi obstruction, wheezing and cough, and fecal incontinence. A solid and tight pulse indicates yin failing to overcome yang, stomach heat, and lower back pain.
A wiry pulse indicates cold, pain, fluid retention, malaria, water qi disorder, middle jiao deficiency, jue reversal, spasm and cramping, and cold-type pi masses.
A wiry and tight pulse indicates aversion to cold, hernia and jia masses, pi masses, and blood stasis; bilateral wiry pulses indicate hypochondriac urgency and pain; a wiry and hook-shaped pulse indicates stabbing pain under the ribs; a wiry and long pulse indicates accumulation/masses, located according to left/right or upper/lower positions.
A tight pulse indicates cold, pain (head, bones, flesh, etc.), cough, wheezing, and fullness. A floating and tight pulse indicates water in the lungs; a tight and slippery pulse indicates moving roundworms, retained food, vomiting and regurgitation; an urgent tight pulse indicates Dunshi disease (latent corpse-possession disease); a tight and rapid pulse indicates alternating chills and fever.
A surging pulse indicates distension, fullness, pain, heat, and vexation. A solid surging pulse indicates mania; a tight surging pulse indicates carbuncles and sores, acute wheezing, and also distension; a large surging pulse indicates Sui disease (disease caused by evil spirits or mental aberrations); a floating surging pulse indicates the manifestation of yang pathogens.