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两头缩缩名为短，涩短迟迟细且难。
—— 濒湖脉学 · 短脉 · 体状相类诗
Contracted at both ends, it is named short; like the choppy pulse it comes slowly, thin and laboured.
脉体短小，不及本位，首尾俱俯，仅见于关部而寸尺不显。
The pulse body is short, falling short of its position; both head and tail are withdrawn so that it is felt mainly at the guan while cun and chi are indistinct.
短而有力为气郁、痰食停滞；短而无力为气虚，元气不足，鼓动无力。
Short with force indicates qi constraint or stagnation of phlegm and food; short without force indicates qi deficiency with insufficient original qi unable to propel the blood.
@misc{bencaodian-duan-mai,
author = {{Bencaodian Editorial}},
title = {Duǎn mài 短脉 (Short)},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Bencao Dian: A Bilingual Knowledge Graph of Traditional Chinese Medicine},
url = {https://bencaodian.org/zh/pulses/duan-mai},
urldate = {2026-04-09},
note = {CC BY-SA 4.0}
}