Discussion of Stringy Pulse in Lung Disease

LI Yunhui; SUN Zengtao

Abstract：The pulse manifestation of stringy pulse is straight and long ,like pressing on the string. Stringy pulse is an important and common pulse in clinic. In clinic ,stringy pulse could be physiological and patho-logical,and manifests differently. The diseases indicated by stringy pulse are liver diseases,pain,phlegm and fluids retention,malaria,usually the excessive diseases,and sometimes the deficient types and mixed deficient and excessive diseases. Such diseases are usually caused by disorder of qi activity due to various reasons or liver qi failing to regulate due to evil qi blocking internally ,both leading to strained pulse qi and spasm of pulse tract. Lung diseases could show the stringy pulse ,usually in the chronic and severe cases ,usually due to qi disorder,internal blockage of phlegm,stasis and evil qi,deficiency of lung,spleen and kidneys. The tension degree could indicate the state of stomach qi and the transportation and transformation function of spleen and stomach in the chronic and severe lung diseases. Therefore,in clinic,stringy pulse in the lung disease could guide the diagnosis and treatment.