Differential diagnosis of sunken and floating pulses

Floating pulse: A pulse that feels movement even when touched lightly. The main disease epiphenomenon due to external disease stays in the table when the Wei Qi resists the evil, pulse Qi drumming in the outside, so the pulse position shallow. Floating and strong for the table real; floating and weak for the table deficiency. Internal injury and prolonged illness due to the decline of Yin and blood, Yang Qi deficiency, deficient Yang floating outside, the pulse floating large and weak as a critical evidence. Floating pulse is superficial, floating on the skin, the finger can feel the pulsation by light pressure, heavy pressure slightly reduced, but not empty and powerless. Sinking pulse: In contrast to the floating pulse, the pulse is deeper, not obvious or no pulsating sensation when lightly pressed, and only obvious pulsating sensation when heavily pressed. The sunken pulse is the main evidence of the internal organs, and the sunken but strong pulse is the main evidence of the internal reality, indicating that the internal organs are full of evil qi and the positive qi is not very weak. The sunken and weak pulse indicates internal deficiency, and internal deficiency refers to the deficiency of positive qi. A sunken and weak pulse can be seen in Spleen Qi deficiency and Kidney Qi deficiency. The pulse of edema of the extremities can also be sunken, so the pulse is sunken and there is water-drinking as a problem. Floating pulse is superficial, floating on the skin, and can be felt by light finger pressure, and slightly reduced by heavy pressure, but not empty and weak. Light seek there, press there is no, floating pulse drifting upstream of the meat, water sail wood floating undetermined direction, floating pulse in the middle of a careful investigation, powerful evil wind to see the surface of the real, no god powerless refers to the false floating, floating pulse in the seven petals (floating tight, floating slow, floating smooth, floating number, floating late, floating false, floating flood), which rational to experience. Floating pulse is the pulse beating parts shallow, some even see the beating, feel the floating pulse indicates that the patient has external sensation, the disease is light and shallow, the external evil has just entered the body, the body’s positive energy is still strong, and the external evil fight, the pulse gas will be drummed outside, so the pulse image shows floating and strong. If the epiphenomenon pulse appears floating and weak, it means that the patient usually has a weak body and weak Wei Qi, so the epiphenomenon is called epiphenomenal deficiency.