CHEN Huijuan,ZHANG Ting,LIU Qiqi,et al.Paraphrase of contracture pulse, suspended pulse, hard pulse, pulsate pulse, swelling pulse in Huangdi Neijing[J].Shanghai Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2025,59(3):57-60.
CHEN Huijuan,ZHANG Ting,LIU Qiqi,et al.Paraphrase of contracture pulse, suspended pulse, hard pulse, pulsate pulse, swelling pulse in Huangdi Neijing[J].Shanghai Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2025,59(3):57-60. DOI: 10.16305/j.1007-1334.2025.2311128.
Paraphrase of contracture pulse, suspended pulse, hard pulse, pulsate pulse, swelling pulse in Huangdi Neijing
Through research on literatures and words, this paper verifies and reveals the meaning and clinical significance of contracture pulse, suspended pulse, hard pulse, pulsate pulse, swelling pulse in
Huangdi Neijing.
It points out that contracture pulse reflects the tensity of vessels. The tension of it seems to be between the wiry pulse and the tight pulse. It is in charge of liver diseases, cold syndromes and pain syndromes. Suspended pulse has two meanings: One refers to extremely different pulse from the normal, the other refers to be a certain pulse which was described as "shaking lack of energy", "hanging with no roots". Hard pulse reflects the hardness of vessels, which means hard sense under the fingers. It is more common in syndromes of excess pathogen like qi stagnation, cold coagulation, food accumulation, intense heat and so on. It is also seen in yin deficiency. Pulsate pulse reflects the sensation of beating fingers. It is mostly seen in yang exuberance with effulgent fire, yin deficiency with yang hyperactivity, liver qi excess and so on. Swelling pulse emphasizes the vessels are bulging and swelling, which is caused by hyperactivity of pulse qi or pulse qi is being pushed out. It is common in syndrome of obstruction of qi and blood, yin deficiency with yang hyperactivity, fire excess.