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芤形浮大软如葱，边实须知内已空。
—— 濒湖脉学 · 芤脉 · 体状诗
Floating and large, soft as a scallion stalk—the edges firm while the centre is already empty.
浮大中空，如按葱管。轻按得之，稍重按则中空无力，两边稍实。
Floating and large but hollow in the middle, like pressing a scallion tube. Lightly felt it is present; pressed slightly harder the centre gives way, with only the edges retaining some firmness.
主失血、伤阴之证。突然大量失血，血脉空虚，故脉芤。亦见于吐泻伤津、阴液骤脱之证。
Indicates blood loss and injury to yin. After sudden massive bleeding the vessels run empty, hence the scallion-stalk quality. It is also seen when vomiting or diarrhoea depletes fluids and yin collapses abruptly.
@misc{bencaodian-kou-mai,
author = {{Bencaodian Editorial}},
title = {Kōu mài 芤脉 (Scallion-stalk)},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Bencao Dian: A Bilingual Knowledge Graph of Traditional Chinese Medicine},
url = {https://bencaodian.org/zh/pulses/kou-mai},
urldate = {2026-04-09},
note = {CC BY-SA 4.0}
}