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举如转索切如绳，脉象因之得紧名。
—— 濒湖脉学 · 紧脉 · 体状诗
Lifted, it turns like a twisting cord; pressed, it cuts like a rope—from this the pulse takes the name of 'tight.'
脉来绷急有力，左右弹指，如牵绳转索。脉势紧张，来去有力。
The pulse comes taut and forceful, flicking the finger left and right like a pulled cord or twisting rope. The tension is palpable and the pulse-force is strong on both arrival and departure.
主寒证、痛证、宿食。寒邪束表或内客脏腑，寒主收引，脉道拘急，故脉紧。
Indicates cold, pain, and food stagnation. When cold pathogen binds the exterior or lodges in the organs, cold contracts and the vessel wall tightens—hence the tight quality.
@misc{bencaodian-jin-mai,
author = {{Bencaodian Editorial}},
title = {Jǐn mài 紧脉 (Tight)},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Bencao Dian: A Bilingual Knowledge Graph of Traditional Chinese Medicine},
url = {https://bencaodian.org/en/pulses/jin-mai},
urldate = {2026-04-09},
note = {CC BY-SA 4.0}
}