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The Shao Yin pulse (the pulse of the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney meridian) is absent or faint, indicating that Kidney Qi is weak and essence-blood is insufficient. The Yin-cold Qi within the Kidney rebels and rushes upward, forcing the clear Qi to ascend to the chest and diaphragm. Consequently, the Zong Qi (Grand Qi accumulating in the chest) is constrained and gathered. Qi stagnation leads to blood coagulation; thus, blood knots at the Xin Xia (epigastric region). This blood knot obstructs the ascent of Clear Yang Qi, causing Yang Qi to retreat and descend, while heat returns to the Yin thighs (medial aspect of the thighs). There, it agitates with the lower Jiao Yin Qi, rendering the body insensible and numb. This condition is termed "Shi Jue" (Corpse-like Coma; as recorded in the *Records of the Grand Historian* regarding Prince Guo's illness, also known as Chi Jue). One should puncture Qimen (LR14, Liver Meridian) and Juque (CV14, Conception Vessel) to drain the stagnant heat from the Yin thighs and unblock the blood knot below the heart, allowing Clear Yang Qi to ascend again and Shen Qi (Spirit Qi) to flow freely, restoring consciousness as before.

The Fu Yang pulse (dorsalis pedis artery, reflecting Stomach Qi) is faint and tight. A tight pulse indicates Cold, and a faint pulse indicates Deficiency. When faint and tight combine, shortness of breath occurs. The Shao Yin pulse is weak and choppy. A weak pulse indicates Blood Deficiency manifesting as slight restlessness; a choppy pulse indicates Blood Cold manifesting as cold extremities.

The Fu Yang pulse is faint and tight. Tightness denotes Cold of Stomach Qi, and faintness denotes Deficiency of Stomach Qi. The combination of faint and tight implies both Deficiency and Cold in Stomach Qi. Turbid Yin condenses and blocks, preventing Clear Yang from ascending, resulting in shortness of breath. If Stomach Qi is deficient and cold, Kidney Yang must inevitably fail. The Shao Yin pulse being weak and choppy signifies that weakness indicates Blood Deficiency with slight restlessness, and choppy texture indicates Blood Cold with cold extremities.

The Fu Yang pulse is imperceptible ("not emerging"). This indicates Spleen dysfunction where transport and transformation fail, and Qi mechanism cannot move up and down. Obstruction in the Zhong Wan (epigastrium) leads to cold body and hard skin. This is due to Yang Qi Deficiency failing to reach the exterior, unable to warm the muscles and soften the skin.

The Fu Yang pulse is slippery and tight. Slippery indicates Excess of Stomach Qi, and tight indicates Strength/Excess of Spleen Qi. Holding Excess to strike Strength causes pain to rebound and injure oneself, like holding a blade and cutting oneself, akin to sitting and crafting metal wounds. The Fu Yang pulse being slippery and tight means slippery is Excess of Stomach Qi, and tight is Strength of Spleen Qi. One Excess and one Strength, lacking harmony, will inevitably clash. The Excess of Stomach Qi strikes the Strength of Spleen Qi; the Strong Spleen resists the strike, and the pain rebounds to injure itself. This is like grasping a blade with one's hand, an act of self-injury, similar to manufacturing metal wounds while seated. (This illustrates the principle of Yin-Yang interference, representing the bizarre nature of excess and deficiency).