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缓脉阿阿四至通，柳梢袅袅飐轻风。
—— 濒湖脉学 · 缓脉 · 体状诗
The moderate pulse arrives gently at four beats to a breath, like willow twigs swaying in a light breeze.
一息四至，来去均匀和缓。若从容有力为有胃气之平脉；若缓而无力或兼他象则主湿证、脾虚。
Four beats per breath, arriving and departing evenly and gently. Unhurried and firm, it is the normal pulse bearing stomach qi; gentle yet forceless, or combined with other features, it signals dampness or spleen deficiency.
和缓有神为平脉，是有胃气之象；缓而怠慢主脾虚、湿困。
Moderate and spirited is the normal pulse, an expression of stomach qi. Sluggishly moderate indicates spleen deficiency and dampness encumbering the middle.
@misc{bencaodian-huan-mai,
author = {{Bencaodian Editorial}},
title = {Huǎn mài 缓脉 (Moderate)},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Bencao Dian: A Bilingual Knowledge Graph of Traditional Chinese Medicine},
url = {https://bencaodian.org/en/pulses/huan-mai},
urldate = {2026-04-09},
note = {CC BY-SA 4.0}
}