That might be closer. As I see it, and learned it, its not an uncommon term,.. the hesitance is when feeling the rythym, the breakover wave is late and strong, hesitant, not lacking power, but held back.Differenty in the wiry pulse, as the wiry pulse isn't late, and its trail edge is sharp too. It can be in many positions, rarely kidney.  Like this, the beginning of the wave holds back, then quickly pulses, because there is energy, but it is restrained emotionally (best), or physically (hidden organ failure).  How to tell the difference is the art. But you guys are the geniuses, I'm just adding a couple words. --- On Thu, 7/2/09, sppdestiny <revolution@...> wrote: From: sppdestiny <revolution@...> Subject: [PulseDiagnosis] Re: Was halusinogenic drugs: Now Hesitant Pulse To: PulseDiagnosis@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, July 2, 2009, 1:11 PM Very interesting regarding the hesitant pulse. Again, I've found it to be highly correlated with earth constitution or significant imbalance. I think of it as pointing directly to the Yi as the spirit of earth (thought as the digestive aspect of mind) and it's relationship to si, worry, obsession.