Very forceful. Hard. Like a violin string. It is a full-type pulse. Yin of yang.

• Indicates that yang wants to be released but yin does not allow it. Blockage, stagnation, affectation of LR (anger, resentment).
• It is normal in Spring. If it is not wiry in spring, that is a bad sign. It indicates that yang has not yet grown after winter: tired, depressed, somnolence.
• If in addition to being wiry it is also fine, it is called a wiry pulse.

Indicates

• Pain
• Pathology of Liver
• Wiry in Stomach: blockage in the stomach. Cold does not allow descending, produces pain.
• Cold fullness, accumulates in the interior.
• Empty-Cold: there is fullness due to stagnation, but the patient's constitution is one of deficiency.

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