浮为在表。 为风（应人迎）。为气（应气口）。为热。为痛。为呕。为胀。为 。为喘。
为厥
浮大、为鼻塞。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
小便
芤为失血。微芤、为衄血。寸芤。为吐血。关芤。为大便出血。尺芤。为下焦虚。小
便出
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。滑大。为结热。滑实。为胃热。和滑。为妊娠。滑而大小不匀。必吐。
为病
实为热。 为呕。为痛。为气塞。为喘嗽。为大便不禁。
实紧、为阴不胜阳。为胃寒。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。为胁急痛。弦而钩。为胁下刺痛。弦长。
为
紧为寒。 为头痛、骨内痛。为咳。为喘。为满。
浮紧。为肺有水。紧滑。为蛔动。为宿食。为逆吐。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。
一。浮者风虚运动之候。浮脉应金。于时为秋。万物至秋而终。草木华叶皆落。其枝独
在
虚
虚
二。芤者失血之候。芤之为物。两旁有。中间虚。脉之应于诊者有若是。古人因取以名
之也
然后经脉流通、而无间断。芤脉之诊则不然。盖阳邪所盛。血与气失其道路。不能相继续
故其脉之状。举指浮大而软。按之两头实而中间虚也。凡诊见之皆失血。
三。滑者气血相并逆动之候。滑脉属水。故往来滑利如珠。而中有力。按之即伏。不进
不退
胜。
四。实者三焦气满之候。实应土之象。脾主中州。而属土焉。实本脾虚之诊。而以实名
之者
脾居
阳伏而
五。弦者血气收敛之候。血荣气卫。脉之所根据也。气卫于外以充皮肤。血荣于中以营经
络。
滞
紧直
于温
六。紧者寒激搏伏于阳络之候。指下寻之。三关通度。来往速利。按之有余。举指甚足。
状
之
。阴阳未尝不和也。及有所感触。在阳受之。则为阳邪。而以阳并阴。在阴受之。则为阴邪
。而以阴并阳。阴阳并毗。血气所以不得其平者、此尔。紧脉之诊。则以阳邪并于阳络。而
三阳并壅。故其证身热。体痛。内烦躁扰复痞逆也。
七。洪者荣络大热、血气燔灼之候。洪应南方丙丁火。于时为夏。万物至夏。盛极长大。
脉
也
暴
皆
物
Floating pulse indicates disease in the exterior. Floating pulse corresponds to the Renying (ST 9) acupoint, indicating Wind; corresponds to the Qikou (LU 9) acupoint, indicating Qi stagnation; indicates Heat; indicates Pain; indicates Vomiting; indicates Distension; indicates [missing character]; indicates Panting.
Floating and large pulse indicates nasal congestion. Floating, large, and long pulse indicates Wind-dizziness and Epilepsy. Floating, slippery, and rapid pulse indicates retained food. Floating, large, and choppy pulse indicates retained food with stagnant Qi. Floating and short pulse indicates Lung injury.
Kou pulse indicates loss of blood. Slightly kou pulse indicates epistaxis. Kou pulse at the Cun position indicates hematemesis. Kou pulse at the Guan position indicates bleeding from the rectum. Kou pulse at the Chi position indicates deficiency of the Lower Jiao, with urination [missing character].
Slippery pulse indicates vomiting. Indicates distension. Indicates cough. Indicates Heat. Indicates latent phlegm. Indicates retained food. Indicates accumulated blood. Indicates amenorrhea. Indicates Guizhu (a chronic wasting infectious disease). Indicates excess of both Qi and Blood.
Scattered slippery pulse indicates paralysis and flaccidity. Large slippery pulse indicates constrained Heat. Solid slippery pulse indicates Stomach Heat. Harmonious slippery pulse indicates pregnancy. Slippery pulse with unequal size indicates inevitable vomiting, indicating illness [missing character].
Solid pulse indicates Heat. [Missing character] indicates vomiting. Indicates pain. Indicates Qi obstruction. Indicates panting and cough. Indicates inability to control defecation.
Solid and tight pulse indicates Yin unable to overcome Yang. Indicates Cold in the Stomach. Indicates lower back pain.
Wiry pulse indicates Cold. [Missing character] indicates pain. Indicates fluid retention. Indicates Malaria. Indicates Water-Qi. Indicates Middle Deficiency. Indicates Jue-Ni (reversal cold/extremities). Indicates spasm and tension. Indicates Cold Pi (accumulation).
Wiry and tight pulse indicates aversion to cold. Indicates Shan-Jia (hernia and masses). Indicates Pi accumulation. Indicates blood stasis. Double wiry pulse indicates urgent pain in the hypochondrium. Wiry and hook-like pulse indicates stabbing pain under the hypochondrium. Long wiry pulse indicates [missing character].
Tight pulse indicates Cold. [Missing character] indicates headache and deep bone pain. Indicates cough. Indicates panting. Indicates distension.
Floating and tight pulse indicates water in the Lung. Tight and slippery pulse indicates movement of roundworms. Indicates retained food. Indicates reverse vomiting. Urgent tight pulse indicates Dunshi (a sudden fatal or severe painful condition). Tight and rapid pulse indicates alternating chills and fever.
Surging pulse indicates distension. [Missing character] indicates fullness. Indicates pain. Indicates Heat. Indicates irritability.
Surging and solid pulse indicates mania. Surging and tight pulse indicates carbuncles and sores, and urgent panting. Also indicates distension. Surging and large pulse indicates Gui-Sui (disease caused by evil spirits/psychogenic disorders). Surging and floating pulse indicates the appearance of Yang pathogen.
1. The floating pulse is a sign of wind and deficiency causing movement. The floating pulse corresponds to Metal, and in seasons to Autumn. All things end in autumn; flowers and leaves of trees and grass fall, leaving only branches standing alone.
2. The kou pulse is a sign of blood loss. The kou object has sides but is hollow in the middle. The pulse upon palpation is likewise. The ancients named it thus.
Then the meridians flow smoothly without interruption. The diagnosis of the kou pulse is different. This is because Yang pathogen is excessive, and blood and Qi lose their pathways, unable to continue each other. Therefore, its pulse shape, when lifted lightly, is floating, large, and soft; when pressed heavily, the two ends are solid while the middle is empty. Whenever this pulse is seen in diagnosis, it indicates loss of blood.
3. The slippery pulse is a sign of Qi and Blood merging and moving reversely. The slippery pulse belongs to Water, hence it comes and goes smoothly like pearls, with strength in the middle, sinking upon pressure, neither advancing nor retreating.
4. The solid pulse is a sign of fullness of Qi in the Triple Burner. Solid corresponds to the image of Earth. Spleen governs the Central Plain and belongs to Earth. The solid pulse is originally a diagnosis of Spleen deficiency, yet named "solid" because [missing character] Spleen resides [missing character] Yang concealed and [missing character].
5. The wiry pulse is a sign of the gathering and contracting of Qi and Blood. Ying-Blood and Wei-Qi are the basis of the pulse. Wei-Qi guards the exterior to fill the skin; Ying-Blood nourishes the interior to manage the collaterals.
6. The tight pulse is a sign of Cold stimulating and fighting, concealed in the Yang collaterals. Under the fingers, searching reveals the three positions (Cun, Guan, Chi) are open, coming and going rapidly and smoothly; pressing yields excess; lifting feels very sufficient. Shape [missing character]. Yin and Yang have not been out of harmony. Upon encountering pathogens, if received in Yang, it becomes Yang pathogen, merging with Yin; if received in Yin, it becomes Yin pathogen, merging with Yang. When Yin and Yang merge and crowd, Qi and Blood cannot find equilibrium; this is why. In the diagnosis of the tight pulse, Yang pathogen merges into Yang collaterals, causing blockage in the Three Yang meridians. Thus, symptoms include body heat, body pain, internal restlessness and agitation, followed by痞逆 (stagnation and rebellion).
7. The surging pulse is a sign of great heat in the Ying collaterals and blazing of Qi and Blood. Surging corresponds to the Southern Bing-Ding Fire, and in seasons to Summer. All things in summer reach peak growth and expansion. Pulse [missing character] sudden [missing character] all [missing character] matter.