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Kidney pulse is sunken

肾脉沉 〔腎脈沉〕 shèn mài chén

The sunken pulse is associated with the kidney and the season winter. Plain Questions (素问 sù wèn, xuān míng wǔ qì piān) says, The kidney pulse is stonelike. The Classic of Difficult Issues (难经 nàn jīng, 15) The winter pulse is stonelike. A stonelike pulse is now usually referred to as a sunken pulse. See floating pulse.

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