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The pulse being rapid (Shu) indicates disease in the Fu organs. The pulse being slow (Chi) indicates disease in the Zang organs. A long and wiry (Xian) pulse indicates liver disease. (The *Mai Jing* states "originating from the liver.") A small pulse with scant blood, or a floating (Fu) pulse, indicates lung disease. A large and firm pulse indicates kidney disease. (Bian Que said: small and tight.) A slippery (Hua) pulse indicates abundant blood and deficient Qi. A choppy (Se) pulse indicates scant blood and abundant Qi. A large pulse indicates abundant blood and Qi. It is also said that a pulse coming large and firm indicates both blood and Qi are excess. A small pulse indicates both blood and Qi are deficient. It is also said that a pulse coming fine and minute indicates both blood and Qi are deficient. A deep, fine, slippery, and rapid pulse indicates heat. A slow and tight pulse indicates cold. (*Mai Jing* states: surging, rapid, slippery, and rapid indicate heat; choppy, slow, deep, and fine indicate cold.) A vigorous, slippery, and tight pulse indicates external disease with heat. A small, solid, and tight pulse indicates internal disease with cold. A small, weak, and choppy pulse is termed chronic disease. A floating, slippery, and rapid pulse is termed acute disease. A floating and slippery pulse in a person indicates external wind-heat, wandering stabbing pain, and fluid retention, which is difficult to treat. A deep and tight pulse indicates heat in the Upper Jiao and cold in the Lower Jiao; upon exposure to cold, diarrhea occurs immediately. A deep and fine pulse indicates cold in the Lower Jiao, frequent urination, occasional painful cramping, and dysentery with a heavy sensation. A floating, tight, slippery, and straight pulse indicates external heat and internal cold, with inability to pass stool or urine. A surging, large, and urgent pulse indicates rapidly progressing external disease, suffering from feverish hair and carbuncles/swellings. A fine, small, and urgent pulse indicates rapidly progressing internal disease, where cold causes hernia masses (Shan Jia) and accumulations, with stabbing abdominal pain. A heavy and straight-cutting pulse indicates blood stasis in the intestines. A heavy pulse with a scattered middle section indicates accumulation due to cold food stagnation. A pulse straight ahead but scattered and cut off in the middle indicates diabetes (Xiao Ke). (It is also said: disease of oozing sores.) A heavy pulse, not reaching the Cun position at the front and lingering/cut off, indicates disease in the muscles from Dun Shi (latent pathogenic factors). A pulse turning left and becoming heavy indicates weak Qi and Yang residing in the chest. A pulse turning right and not reaching the Cun position indicates internal flesh accumulations (polyps or masses). A pulse accumulating like beads but not advancing indicates wind-cold lodged in the Large Intestine, remaining unresolved. A pulse accumulating like stopping/not advancing, with a soft Cun position, indicates stagnant heat in the Small Intestine membranes, remaining unresolved. A pulse straight ahead and flicking left and right indicates disease in the blood vessels involving blood stasis. A pulse behind flicking left and right indicates disease in the sinews and bones. A pulse large at the front and small at the back indicates headache and vertigo. A pulse small at the front and large at the back indicates chest fullness and shortness of breath. If there is a pulse above but none below, the person should vomit; if they do not vomit, death ensues. If there is no pulse above but pulse below, although distressed, there is no suffering. The pulse is the residence of blood. A long pulse indicates regulated Qi. A short pulse indicates diseased Qi. A rapid pulse indicates vexation in the heart. A large pulse indicates advancing disease. Excess at the top indicates high Qi (rebellious Qi). Excess at the bottom indicates Qi distension. A intermittent (Dai) pulse indicates declining Qi. A fine pulse (*Tai Su* reads slippery) indicates little Qi. A choppy pulse indicates heart pain; a pulse chaotic and vigorous like a gushing spring indicates advancing and critical disease. A pulse feeble and loose, departing like a snapping string, indicates death. A short and urgent pulse indicates disease in the upper part. A long and relaxed pulse indicates disease in the lower part. A deep and wiry-tight pulse indicates internal disease. A floating and surging-large pulse indicates external disease. An excess pulse indicates internal disease. A deficient pulse indicates external disease. Above is exterior, below is interior. Floating indicates exterior, deep indicates interior. Slippery indicates excess and lower [Jiao] (also indicates decline of Yang Qi). Rapid indicates deficiency and heat. Floating indicates wind and deficiency. Moving (Dong) indicates pain and fright. Deep indicates water and excess (also indicates Gui Zhu, infectious diseases). Weak indicates deficiency and palpitations. Slow indicates cold. Choppy indicates scant blood. Relaxed indicates deficiency. Surging indicates Qi (or heat). Tight indicates cold. Wiry and rapid indicates malaria. Malaria pulses are naturally wiry; wiry-rapid indicates much heat, wiry-slow indicates much cold. Minute indicates deficiency. Intermittent and scattered indicates death. Wiry indicates painful obstruction (or floating, indicating wind infection). Unilateral wiry indicates fluid retention. Bilateral wiry indicates stiffness and pain under the hypochondrium, with the person feeling chilly and aversion to cold. A large pulse indicates cold and heat in the center. A hidden pulse indicates cholera-like disorder. Resting with a vigorous pulse is termed blood loss. In cases of sweating loss, cold in the lungs, drinking cold water, coughing, diarrhea, and cold deficiency in the stomach, the pulse is uniformly tight. Floating and large indicates wind, or wind-stroke with heavy head and cold nose. Floating and relaxed indicates skin insensibility, with wind-cold entering the muscles. Slippery and floating-scattered indicates paralysis-wind. Slippery indicates Gui Zhu. Choppy and tight indicates bi-syndrome. Floating, surging, large, and long indicates wind-dizziness and epilepsy. Large, firm, and rapid indicates epilepsy. Wiry and hook-shaped indicates stabbing pain under the hypochondrium, resembling Fei Shi, distressing but not fatal. Tight and urgent indicates Dun Shi. Surging and large indicates cold damage febrile disease. Floating and surging-large indicates cold damage; auspicious in autumn, disease develops in spring. Floating and slippery indicates retained food. Floating, slippery, and rapid indicates indigestion and spleen failing to grind. Short, rapid, and slippery indicates alcohol disease. Floating and fine-slippery indicates injury by fluids. Slow and choppy indicates internal cold with knotting. Fast and tight indicates accumulation with striking pain. Wiry and urgent indicates hernia masses and lower abdominal pain, also Pi disease (or bi-syndrome). Slow and slippery indicates distension. Vigorous and tight indicates distension. Wiry and small indicates cold stagnation. Deep and wiry indicates suspended fluid with internal pain. Wiry and rapid indicates cold fluid retention, difficult to treat in winter and summer. Tight and slippery indicates vomiting and reversal. Small, weak, and choppy indicates stomach reversal. Slow and relaxed indicates cold. Minute and tight indicates cold. Deep and slow indicates cold disease in abdominal organs. Minute and weak indicates cold and shortness of Qi. Excess and tight indicates cold in the stomach; if unable to eat and having frequent diarrhea, it is difficult to treat. (Or frequent retching makes it difficult to treat.) Slippery and rapid indicates excessive knotting of heat in the epigastrium. Slippery and rapid indicates heat in the stomach. Relaxed and slippery is termed heat in the center. Deep and urgent indicates injury by summerheat, sudden onset of deficient heat. Floating and cut off indicates Qi disease. Large and slippery indicates shortness of breath. Floating and short indicates lung injury with slight Qi, death within a year, likely accompanied by coughing. Deep and rapid indicates water intoxication, self-healing if untreated in winter. Short and rapid indicates heart pain and vexation. Wiry and tight indicates hypochondriac pain and organ injury with blood stasis. (Or cold blood.) Deep and slippery indicates heaviness in the lower part, also pain in the back. Fine and slippery pulse, empty on pressure, held tightly and straight, indicates falling from height with internal injury. Slightly floating indicates auspicious in autumn, disease in winter. Slightly rapid indicates even if severe, it does not become a disease, but labor should be avoided. Floating, slippery, rapid, and tight combined with hundred diseases, prolonged illness heals easily. When Yang pathogens arrive, the pulse is floating and surging. When Yin pathogens arrive, the pulse is deep and fine. When water and grain arrive, the pulse is firm and solid. A pulse suddenly large then small, suddenly long then short, indicates demonic influence. A surging, large, and wavering pulse indicates demonic influence. A deep, moist pulse with insensibility and heaviness in the four limbs indicates earth demonic influence. If the pulse matches the flesh, holding it for a long time until arrival allows for purgation. Wiry, small, and tight allows for purgation. Tight and rapid, causing chills and fever, must be purged to heal. Wiry and slow is suitable for warm medicines. Tight and rapid