What does a thin pulse mean? What is it like?

Pulse is the rhythm of our heart beating and blood flowing. Many people have a certain understanding of this. So what does it mean when we have a thin pulse? I believe everyone also wants to know, the following editor will lead everyone to get to the bottom of it.

What is a thin pulse?

When the pulse exceeds 100 beats and feels like a thin thread when pressed, it is called a rapid pulse.

What are the symptoms?

The pulse is as thin as a thread but should refer to the obvious pulse condition. Also known as small vein. Thin pulse indicates deficiency of both Qi and blood, various kinds of fatigue and fatigue, and also dampness diseases. A thin pulse must be distinguished from a faint, weak, or moist pulse. Although a thin pulse is as thin as a thread, it should be obvious and have clear rise and fall; a subtle pulse is extremely thin and soft, seeming to be there and not there; a weak pulse is deep, thin and soft, and requires hard pressing to be felt; a moist pulse is floating, thin and soft, and its position is superficial. Thin pulse and surging pulse are opposite pulse conditions. Clinically, thin pulse is often accompanied by rapid, stringy, moist, deep, and astringent pulses. A thin pulse refers to the feeling of a thin blood vessel under the fingers. Some people describe the pulse as thin as a thread, but the rise and fall of the pulse are obvious and the frequency of the pulse can be distinguished. Its characteristics are narrow pulse and small fluctuation. A thin pulse indicates a deficiency syndrome. It mainly refers to yin deficiency and blood deficiency. The blood vessels are not full due to insufficient yin and blood, so the pulse appears thin. It is a long-term illness with deficiency of yin and yang, qi and blood, and a weak pulse. In simple case of Yang deficiency and Qi deficiency, the pulse will be deep and weak. When the Yang deficiency and Qi deficiency is severe and the dangerous stage of Yang loss and Qi loss appears, the pulse will be floating, large and weak. For patients with severe water retention, the water fills the skin and the blood vessels are squeezed, making them appear small, but thin and soft. The opposite of a thin pulse is a large pulse. The pulse feels wide under the fingers, with large fluctuations, like surging waves. The pulse beats strongly, is deep when it falls, and has large ups and downs. It is more common in patients with high fever and appears at the same time as rapid pulse. Ru pulse: Ru pulse is floating, thin and soft. Softness is the main characteristic of the Ru pulse, just like pressing your hand on a soft sponge, so the Ru pulse is also called the soft pulse. Ru pulse mainly refers to the disease caused by dampness. Dampness blocks the meridians on the surface, and Qi and blood are trapped, so the pulse is floating, thin and soft. If the pulse is moist and slow, it is mostly due to dampness obstructing the spleen. There are also cases where qi and blood deficiency is manifested by a moist pulse, so a comprehensive analysis must be conducted based on the symptoms.