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细迟短涩往来难，散止依稀应指间。
—— 濒湖脉学 · 涩脉 · 体状诗
Thin, slow, and short, the choppy pulse struggles to come and go—scattered and halting, barely felt beneath the fingertips.
往来艰涩不畅，如轻刀刮竹。脉形细小，节律不齐，势力不匀。
Arrival and departure laboured and unsmooth, like a light blade scraping bamboo. The pulse form is thin and small, with uneven rhythm and variable force.
主精伤血少、气滞血瘀。涩而无力为精血亏虚；涩而有力为气滞血瘀、痰食胶结。
Indicates injury to essence and scanty blood, or qi stagnation with blood stasis. Choppy and forceless reflects depleted essence-blood; choppy and forceful reflects qi stagnation, blood stasis, or entanglement of phlegm and food.
@misc{bencaodian-se-mai,
author = {{Bencaodian Editorial}},
title = {Sè mài 涩脉 (Choppy)},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Bencao Dian: A Bilingual Knowledge Graph of Traditional Chinese Medicine},
url = {https://bencaodian.org/zh/pulses/se-mai},
urldate = {2026-04-09},
note = {CC BY-SA 4.0}
}