when feeling the pulse, its trajectory should be contained within the intended pathway of the vessel through the cun, gun, and chi.  if the vessel extends radially or ulnarly from those positions it may be indicative of a six channel pathology.

once this pathology is noted is the next step to determine whether the channel involved is in the state of excess or deficient?  for example, if feeling the right cun position,  if the pulse is felt to extend towards the radial border, we then assign that sensation the name of tai yang.  does the assigned meaning to this correlate to either excess or deficiency, or does it simply reveal meridian compensation (as in the manifestation of extra vessel pulses)

if the assigned meaning is to ascribe vessel compensation, i would then think that manual or energetic palpation of the indicated meridian along with further derived diagnositic information would lead to conclusion of either excess or deficiency within the meridian.  

continuing this thought, assuming prior thoughts are correct, with pulses indicating multiple vessel involvement, interesting patterns could be reveals between compensated vessels according to bie jing, biao li and chinese clock relationships.


Would anyone care to offer feedback, additions,and or corrections to my understanding???

forever growing,


Daniel Johnson

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