The Radial
Pulses
(The Book of
Chinese Acupuncture)
( Written by George Souli de Morant)
II. The System of the Fourteen Radial Pulses
It
is difficult to interpret all tire qualities the pulse may have for each organ.
However, some of the more obvious, common pulses will be used to
illustrate and elucidate the tactile language of the pulses. Using the order of
the circulation of energy, we can describe each organ’s pulse position, depth
and possible qualities:
Large
Intestine
(Section
I, Right wrist, Superficial level) - The pulse portion near the thumb,
close to the bone, corresponds to the anus. The portion near the second pulse
(Section II) corresponds to the cecum. If the pulse is hard and without
amplitude: constipation. If hard but ample: inflammation and diarrhea from
inflammation. If soft, and hardly perceptible, relaxed (without medication):
soft stool. If agitated at the level of the thumb: hemorrhoids or anal pruritus.
If very agitated: intestinal worms. If big and hard near the styloid process: fecal retention.
Lungs (Section I,
Right wrist, Middle level) - It would be more accurate to use the term
“respiratory passages,” since the pulse also corresponds to the larynx and
bronchi. The end near the thumb corresponds to the base of the lungs. The
portion near the styloid process relates to the throat and bronchi. Big and
hard pulse: inflammation with constricted respiration. Soft, hardly
perceptible: atonia, and exhausted respiration; it can be seen after serious diseases
of the lungs. Grilled, like a crosshatched grating: tuberculosis. The pulse
should be soft, a bit ample and beat in the center of its location. The part
touching the styloid process reflects the bronchi and trachea and may indicate clenched,
spasmodic asthma; if swollen, bronchial inflammation. At the first section,
right wrist, deep level, there is no known pulse correspondence.
Stomach (Section II,
Right wrist, Superficial level) - Big, swollen pulse, soft, long and
wide: aerogastry. Stomach swollen after meals: sign of insufficiency of energy
or muscle tone of the organ (tonify gongsun, (SP-4). Soft, weak,
small pulse: atony, slow digestion, insufficient secretions. Small, hard wiry
pulse: cramps or burning. An ample, soft and calm pulse indicates good appetite
and digestion.
A
large (da) pulse at the stomach position indicates abundance of blood and
energy, robustness, and hear.(DACH I, 12~)
Pancreas (Section II,
Right wrist, Middle level) - Pulse is always large and soft in diabetics, or
if the person likes to drink a lot. Small, soft, hardly perceptible pulse: the
person does not like meat and takes very little to drink.
Spleen (Section II,
Right wrist, Deep Level) - Absent, or weak, soft, small pulse: great fatigue
in the morning with amelioration at the end of the afternoon, capricious
digestion, difficulty with intellectual pursuits, mostly in concentrating the
mind. Big, swollen, hard pulse: swelling or congestion of the spleen, and
constant sleepiness. A healthy spleen should have a pulse that is soft, ample
and well placed.
Triple
Warmer
(Section
III, Right wrist, Superficial level) - Responds to yang. Wiry, ropy, hard,
without amplitude: great tension and nervous irritability, self-control
outwardly but inwardly there is tension. Very ample and slightly soft pulse:
anger, cannot bear anything. Wiry, but thready: sensitive, discontented,
impatient. Soft without amplitude: physical and mental apathy. Pulse without
buoyancy: lassitude or great fatigue.
Vessels (Section III,
Right wrist, Middle level) - Strong and hard pulse: congested states, high
blood pressure, arterial contractions. Soft, imperceptible pulse: hypotension,
slow circulation, coldness at the extremities. It responds to the yin.
Sexual
Organs
(“Gate
of Destiny.” Section III, Right wrist, Deep level) - Hard and
ample pulse: in men, inflammation of the organs or sexual excitement and
genital prowess; for women, if occurring one or two days before
menses,
or between the end of menses and the ninth through the eleventh day after
menses, congestion and inflammation of the organ, or sexual excitement. Pulse
soft and weak or absent: in men, genital weakness; in women, menses just
finishing, genital weakness.
For
women this pulse beats with increasing strength from the seventh day before
menses until the arrival of menses, when it then disappears. It beats from
the ninth to the eleventh day after menses (ovulation) with an average beat
like that of the previous seventh day. This pulse also gives information on the
state of pregnancy and becomes hard like a small pearl from the second day of
the pregnancy. The pulse is sharp if the developing fetus is a boy and round if
a girl.
Spinal
Cord
(Section
IV, Right wrist, Superficial Level) - Raised, wiry pulse: the person acts
more on reflexes than with reflection. Raised, hard pulse: inflammation. Empty,
vacuous pulse: reactions slow or abolished, sluggish thoughts, slow movements.
Cerebellum (Section IV,
Right wrist, Middle Level) - Hard, raised pulse: voluntary and involuntary
movements are exaggerated. Soft, not raised pulse: movements are weak, poorly
coordinated, and imperfectly transmitted to the organs.
Brain (Section IV,
Right wrist, Deep Level) - Weak, soft pulse: fatigue or cerebral weakness,
finds work difficult and uninteresting. Pulse not present on one side of the
artery: anemia or softening of the opposite side of the brain (radial side of
the pulse for the left side of the brain: memories and functional relations;
medial side of the pulse for the right side of the brain: tradition,
instinctive functions). Raised pulse: cerebral agitation. Raised, hard pulse: congestion,
serious agitation.
Small
Intestine
(Section I, Left
wrist, Superficial level) - Hard and big pulse: inflammation. Soft and small
pulse: atony, lack of strength. Hard, small, sharp pulse: spasm (and if the
pulse of the stomach is also small and hard: spasm of the pylorus).
Heart (Section I, Left
wrist, Middle level)
- Soft, weak or absent pulse: either psychological depression, sadness, or
physical breathlessness on effort, e.g., climbing stairs (weakness of the heart
muscle). Hard, wiry pulse: pain of the heart, or great shock.
Gallbladder (Section II, Left
wrist, Superficial level) - Hard, wiry, long pulse: vomiting, nausea or
bitter taste in the mouth on waking, often pain on one side of the head mostly
at the temples. Hard and small, with the small intestine pulse small and hard:
pyloric spasm (the stomach does not empty). Very hard, big and round: probably
a gallstone. Big, soft, long pulse: thick bile. Swelling of the gallbladder
often results from lack of tone which causes the same in the liver. We must
discern whether the hardness of the gallbladder pulse gives way under light
pressure (if so, tonify xiuxi, GB-43); or if it resists pressure
(then disperse yang/k, GB-38). With the latter there are usually joint
pains.
Liver
(Section II, Left
wrist, Middle level)
- Ample, firm, lively pulse: liver in excellent state. Soft and big: soft,
insufficient liver. Hard and big: congestion or inflammation. Absent or soft
and weak pulse: insufficiency. Sometimes the insufficiency affects only certain
functions; pruritus, skin eruptions, eczema, bruising at the slightest bump,
slow coagulation of blood may result. Generally the digestive functions are
injured: there is some difficulty in digesting chocolate, fresh cream, eggs and
fats. Constipation and yellow stools result.
High
Blood Pressure (Section II, Left wrist, Deep level) - This pulse
only appears when the blood pressure is higher than normal, usually between 100
- 200 mm. Hg.
Urinary
Bladder
(Section III,
Left wrist, Superficial level) -Thready, wiry and tight pulse:
frequent and urgent urination, cystitis. Wiry pulse in an elderly man:
prostatitis. Weak, hardly perceptible pulse: incontinence of urine. The pulse
is sometimes wiry simply from nervousness. In that case the pulse of the triple
warmer is equally wiry.
Kidney-Filtration (Section III,
Left wrist, Middle level) - If low, soft pulse: abundant urine. Swollen,
hard: retention of urine. Hard and small: spasm. The radial side of the artery
represents the left kidney, the medial side of
the
artery the right kidney.
Kidney-Secretion (Section III,
Left wrist, Deep level) - Indicates secretion of solids. Weak or vacuous
pulse: discolored or pale lemon-colored urine. Hard pulse, without striking and
deep: red and cloudy urine, hard and sharp pains. Soft and big pulse: swelling,
if at the right kidney, prolapsed kidney. The radial side of the artery
represents the left kidney, the medial side of the artery the right kidney.
Evolved
(Conscious) Man (Section IV, Left wrist, Superficial
level)
- Raised, supple pulse: presence of mind, observant and attentive, seeing and
understanding connections, impartial and without obsession. Absent pulse:
absent
minded, distracted, not understanding, without insight or deductive reasoning.
Hard pulse: obsessions or phobias.
Conditioned
Man
(Section IV, Left
wrist, Middle level)
- Radial side of the artery: opposite side of the brain. Robot-like,
traditional, conformist. If weak, soft pulse: easily deceived, suggestible,
influenced, trusts the newspapers, advertisements, propaganda. Raised, strong
pulse: acts by hereditary compulsions - good or bad; not suggestible. Hard and
strong: acts blindly through habit. Medial side of the artery: “parrot memory.”
Pulse not raised: poor conscious memory, memory not present, needs to think
before answering. If raised, supple pulse: good student, first at
book-learning, brilliant and always prepared to quote with ready-made sentences,
citations, references, but seeing only the small side of people and things.
Primate
Man
(Section IV, Left
wrist, Deep level)
- Primitive instincts increased to the detriment of other people. If raised,
supple pulse: likes to enjoy life, combative, teases to the point of
persecution, sly, unscrupulous with weaker people. Weak or absent pulse: no
taste for life, without energy, easily discouraged
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