Floating, Middle, Deep / Fu Zhong Chen
Updated 2026-08-05
INTRODUCTION
English translation pending.
CORE DEFINITION
The three depths of finger pressure in Chinese pulse diagnosis. Floating, a light touch at the skin, reads the exterior including lung, heart, and surface patterns; middle, moderate pressure into the flesh, reads the middle burner with spleen and stomach; deep, heavy pressure near bone and tendon, reads the interior with liver and kidney. Read together, the three depths locate a disorder by depth and help separate surface from interior and excess from deficiency.
SCAFFOLDING EFFECT
Reduce cognitive load
- Layered sampling: read the pulse at three depths rather than only one. - Depth map: assign each depth to an organ layer and a surface-interior meaning. - Comparison: read the same position at all three depths to localize the problem.
Anchor fast decisions
Arterial depth carries information: a pulse felt at the surface suggests qi and pathogens at the exterior, while one emerging only under heavy pressure indicates interior involvement. Changing finger pressure changes which tissue layer is being sensed, so depth becomes a coordinate for locating disease.
MINIMUM ACTION
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- bencaodian.orghttps://bencaodian.org/zh/concepts/pulse-diagnosisverified
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