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The term hesitant arose in the Essential of Acupuncture and is, I believe still used in Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion. The California Acupuncture Board continues to use the term hesitant as a translation of the rough pulse (sè mà i, 澀脈)  http://www.acupuncture.ca.gov/students/exam_preparation.pdf. In this instance, the notion of hesitant sprang from what I consider to be an excessive focus upon time based distortions in the wave: "faltering and balking".
I describe Leon's hesitant pulse as a wave with such a rapid arrival and departure that it feels like a line straight up and down. If we apply the Pulse Classic and divide the arrival into the yang portion and the departure into the yin portion of the wave, then Hammer's hesitant suggests both both yin and yang are affected. It is one of Shen's push pulses related to obsessive overworking and we can see it in government and stock market. It reminds me of the trader who has monitors in the kitchen and the bathroom so as not to miss a trade.Â
Ross, what are your thoughts on this matter? It has been 9 years now since my years of co-teaching masters courses with Leon. I wonder if that the dialog has developed.Â
Warmly,
Will
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On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 9:16 PM, sppdestiny <revolution@...> wrote:
Hi Peter,
Now that you mention, I vaguely remember having discussed this before. I meant deep for the water pulse. Leon uses the term "hesitant" to describe a pulse with predominantly vertical movement. It's about the only term he uses which doesn't really describe directly what the pulse feels like (as far as I'm concerned). I don't know what Chinese character it corresponded to. perhaps only Dr. Shen knew. I'm never able to get constitution from pulse only physiology, but the weakest/strongest (most functional/least functional) does seem to apply.
Warm regards, Lon
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William R. Morris, PhD, DAOM, LAc
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