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微脉轻微潎潎乎，按之欲绝有如无。
—— 濒湖脉学 · 微脉 · 体状相类诗
The faint pulse is scarcely there, trembling softly; pressed, it seems about to vanish, as if not present at all.
脉极细极软，按之欲绝，若有若无。
Extremely thin and extremely soft; pressed, it seems about to fade away—felt now, lost the next moment.
主气血大虚，阳气衰微。久病脉微为正气将绝；新病脉微为阳气暴脱。
Indicates severe depletion of qi and blood and exhaustion of yang. In chronic illness, a faint pulse means upright qi is about to be extinguished; in acute illness, it signals sudden collapse of yang.
@misc{bencaodian-wei-mai,
author = {{Bencaodian Editorial}},
title = {Wēi mài 微脉 (Faint)},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Bencao Dian: A Bilingual Knowledge Graph of Traditional Chinese Medicine},
url = {https://bencaodian.org/zh/pulses/wei-mai},
urldate = {2026-04-09},
note = {CC BY-SA 4.0}
}