Pulses

[Guest guest]

Hello all,

What does it mean when the pulses on one side are less in volume than the pulses

on the

other? I just started seeing a female patient, age 38, who is presenting with

left side pulses

normal (a bit thin) and right side pulses deep, thin, and small. The right

side shifts in

volume slightly with acupuncture treatment. I am also seeing another female

patient, age 43,

and I feel the complete opposite - the pulses on the right side are slippery and

floating while

the pulses on the left are very deep, barely perceptible, and increase in volume

slightly with

treatment, and no, it is not a husband/wife block. Is there any signficance to

either of these

pulse pictures, aside from a possible structural issue (which I have not been

able to detect).

 

Thank you for any feedback anyone has to offer.

 

Gina Corso, L.Ac.

ginamariecorso

[Guest guest]

Hi Gina,

 

As is common in Chinese medicine, there are many takes on just about any

observable phenomenon. What follows is consistent with the professional CM

that is taught in PRC as well as many (if not most) schools in the US.

 

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 12:44 PM, ginamariecorso

<ginamariecorsowrote:

 

> Hello all,

> What does it mean when the pulses on one side are less in volume than the

> pulses on the

> other? I just started seeing a female patient, age 38, who is presenting

> with left side pulses

> normal (a bit thin) and right side pulses deep, thin, and small.

>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As a general rule, you can look at the left side pulses as favoring yin and

blood, while the right side pulses speak of qi and yang.

 

The left pulse positions manifest the condition of the Kidneys, Liver, and

Heart. Kidneys are the source of yin and yang, so that's kind of neutral

between right and left. But the Liver stores the blood and the Heart

dominates it, so the left pulse is usually considered a blood/yin thing.

 

Same thing with the right side, it favors qi and yang. the right pulses

manifest the Kidneys, Spleen (post-natal source for qi) and Lungs (dominates

the qi).

 

However, if there are no other signs/symptoms qi or yang deficiency in your

patient who has the deficient pulses on the right side you can't just run

with that diagnosis, but consider other causes for these pulse findings.

 

Among them, is the deviated radial artery. This means that the radial artery

that you're looking for is not found adjacent or atop the Lung channel as is

usually expected. Sometimes the radial artery will drift closer to where the

PC channel passes, or more commonly it ends up atop the radius bone closer

to the area associated witih the LI channel. So that's the first thing that

I look for when I find an unusually weak, deep, and thin pulse in an

otherwise healthy patient.

 

Something else, if your patient is especially buff and muscular,

consider thoracic

outlet syndrome

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoracic_Outlet_Syndrome>whereby the

excessive muscle size in the neck is causing an occlusion to the

artery passing through the area.

 

Best of luck to ya,

-al.

 

--

, DAOM

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Gina, would the menstrual cycle reflect those differnces?

 

(The Liver stores the blood and the fullness/emptiness may be reflected

depending upon where in the the patient is).

 

 

 

Happy Holidays

 

(Chinese New Year Jan 25, year of the ox)

 

 

 

ED KASPER LAc

 

www.HappyHerbalist.com

 

 

 

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Hello all,

What does it mean when the pulses on one side are less in volume than the

pulses on the

other? I just started seeing a female patient, age 38, who is presenting

with left side pulses

normal (a bit thin) and right side pulses deep, thin, and small. The right

side shifts in

volume slightly with acupuncture treatment. I am also seeing another female

patient, age 43,

and I feel the complete opposite - the pulses on the right side are slippery

and floating while

the pulses on the left are very deep, barely perceptible, and increase in

volume slightly with

treatment, and no, it is not a husband/wife block. Is there any signficance

to either of these

pulse pictures, aside from a possible structural issue (which I have not

been able to detect).

 

Thank you for any feedback anyone has to offer.

 

Gina Corso, L.Ac.

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