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Among the three positions (Cun, Guan, Chi) of the pulse, if only one type of pulse is observed, the miscellaneous diseases it indicates are briefly described as follows. The *Mai Jing* (Pulse Classic) states: When Yang pathogens arrive, the pulse appears floating and surging (Fu Hong); when Yin pathogens arrive, the pulse appears [missing character, typically Chen/Sinking]; when food and water pathogens arrive, the pulse appears solid and firm (Shi Jian); when cold phlegm-pathogen arrives, the pulse appears wiry and small (Xian Xiao). It also states: A pulse that is floating and slippery indicates retained food; a pulse that is short and slippery indicates alcohol-induced disease; a pulse that is slow and slippery indicates abdominal distension and fullness; a pulse that is surging and large indicates Cold Damage (Shang Han); a pulse that is floating and rapid indicates Wind Injury (Shang Feng); a pulse that is floating and urgent indicates indigestion and spleen's failure to transform; a pulse that is deep and wiry indicates cold qi condensation causing yin pain; a pulse that is floating and moderate indicates skin insensibility; a pulse that is slippery and scattered indicates paralysis; a pulse that is slow and moderate indicates cold syndromes; a pulse that is floating and choppy indicates cholera-like disorder (Huo Luan); a pulse that is weak and choppy indicates regurgitation (Fan Wei); a pulse that is tight and slippery indicates vomiting and counterflow; a pulse that is short and rapid indicates heart pain; a pulse that is wiry and rapid indicates malaria; a pulse that is tight and urgent indicates Shi Dun (a condition attributed to malevolent spirits); a pulse that is solid, small, and firm indicates internal disease with cold; a pulse that is floating, slippery, and tight indicates external disease with heat; a pulse that is short and urgent indicates disease in the upper body; a pulse that is long and moderate indicates disease in the lower body; a pulse that is long and wiry indicates liver disease; a pulse that is slippery and surging indicates heart disease; a pulse that is faint and soft indicates spleen disease; a pulse that is floating and choppy indicates lung disease; a pulse that is deep and tight indicates kidney disease.

Another verse states: All floating pulses indicate wind or deficiency; all tight pulses indicate pain or accumulation; all choppy pulses indicate bi-syndrome (obstruction); all wiry pulses indicate fluid retention; all rapid pulses indicate heat; all slow pulses indicate cold; a knifelike (Kou) pulse indicates blood loss; a soft pulse indicates deficiency. If the pulse is deep and lustrous, accompanied by insensibility of the four limbs, it indicates exhaustion of essence (Wang Guo); if the pulse is large and [missing character], it indicates malevolent influence (She Chong); if the pulse comes intermittently large and small, short and long, it indicates ghostly influence.

The Lung is the canopy of the five zang organs, located in the chest, governing Qi, and manifesting on the skin and hair. Due to labor injury damaging blood and Qi, the interstices become deficient, allowing wind pathogens to invade the Lung. This results in sweating, aversion to wind, cough, shortness of breath, nasal congestion, neck stiffness, and chest/hypochondriac fullness. If this persists without healing, it becomes Lung Wei (Lung Flaccidity). If wind attacks the Wei level, exhalation fails to enter deeply. If heat reaches the Ying level, inhalation fails to exit. Thus, wind damages the skin and hair, heat damages the blood vessels. Wind and heat contend, causing Qi and Blood to stagnate and accumulate in the Lung, transforming into sores and abscesses. Diagnosing the pulse: a Cun Kou pulse that is rapid and deficient indicates Lung Wei; a pulse that is rapid and excess indicates Lung Ju (Lung Abscess).

Symptoms of Lung Wei include chronic cough, excessive sweating, severe depletion of fluids, stool resembling rotten melon, discharge like pig fat, frequent urination without thirst. If the patient feels thirsty, the condition will heal spontaneously; if they desire to drink, the condition will improve. This occurs because the Lung produces much saliva and froth but no pus. Symptoms of Lung Sores (Lung Ju) include dry mouth, wheezing and chest fullness, dry throat with thirst, slight swelling of the four limbs in severe cases, coughing up pus and blood, or foul-smelling turbid froth, and dull, slight pain in the chest. These indicate Lung Ju.

Furthermore, the *Sheng Hui Fang* states: Dull, slight pain at the Zhongfu acupoint indicates Lung Ju; slight elevation of the flesh above indicates Lung Sore. Zhongfu is an acupoint, located 1.6 cun below Yunmen, in the depression where the arterial pulse is felt between the nipple and ribs. Therefore, if detected at the onset, it can be saved; if pus has formed, death is likely. To know if pus exists, examine the pulse: if slightly tight and rapid, there is no pus yet; if very tight and rapid, pus has formed. The *Nei Jing* states: Heat in the blood causes tissue decay, and if Ying and Wei circulation stops, pus must form. Generally, Lung Sore presents with cough, shortness of breath, chest fullness, and frequent expectoration of pus and blood. If, over time, the sputum resembles rice gruel porridge, it is difficult to treat. If vomiting of pus continues, it is incurable. If vomiting of pus stops spontaneously, it heals; a short and choppy pulse indicates recovery; a floating and large pulse is difficult to treat. The complexion should be white; if it is red instead, this represents Fire overcoming Metal, which is incurable.