脉弦而大，弦則爲減，大則爲芤，減則爲寒，芤則爲虚，寒虚相摶，此名爲革。婦人則半産漏下，男子則亡血失精。
脉弦而大，弦则为减，大则为芤，减则为寒，芤则为虚，寒虚相抟，此名为革。妇人则半产漏下，男子则亡血失精。
mài xián ér dà xián zé wéi jiǎn dà zé wéi kōu jiǎn zé wéi hán kōu zé wéi xū hán xū xiāng tuán cǐ míng wéi gé fù rén zé bàn chǎn lòu xià nán zǐ zé wáng xuè shī jīng
A pulse wiry and large: wiry means diminished, large means hollow, diminished means cold, hollow means vacuous; cold and vacuity striking together is called the leather pulse. In women it brings miscarriage and dripping menses, in men the loss of blood and semen.
**「芤」五篇共8見**（經文，不含成注），本文引第1篇第18段、第1篇第19段、第1篇第20段、第2篇第63段、第4篇第17段。
問曰：病有戰而汗出，因得解者，何也？答曰：脉浮而緊，按之反芤，此爲本虚，故當戰而汗出也。其人本虚，是以發戰，以脉浮，故當汗出而解也。
问曰：病有战而汗出，因得解者，何也？答曰：脉浮而紧，按之反芤，此为本虚，故当战而汗出也。其人本虚，是以发战，以脉浮，故当汗出而解也。
wèn yuē bìng yǒu zhàn ér hàn chū yīn dé jiě zhě hé yě dá yuē mài fú ér jǐn àn zhī fǎn kōu cǐ wéi běn xū gù dāng zhàn ér hàn chū yě qí rén běn xū shì yǐ fā zhàn yǐ mài fú gù dāng hàn chū ér jiě yě
Asked: “Some patients shiver and then sweat, and thereby recover — why?” The answer: “The pulse is floating and tight, yet hollow on pressure: this is root vacuity, so there is shivering and then sweating. The person was vacuous to begin with, hence the shivering; because the pulse is floating, sweating brings resolution.”
芤之為用，在「按之反芤」與「按之不芤」兩語：一驗本虚，一驗不虚，皆以指下之空與不空為斷。
若脉浮而數，按之不芤，此人本不虚，若欲自解，但汗出耳，不發戰也。
若脉浮而数，按之不芤，此人本不虚，若欲自解，但汗出耳，不发战也。
ruò mài fú ér shuò àn zhī bù kōu cǐ rén běn bù xū ruò yù zì jiě dàn hàn chū ěr bù fā zhàn yě
If the pulse is floating and rapid but not hollow on pressure, the person is not vacuous; if recovery comes of itself, there is only sweating, without shivering.
芤之為用，在「按之反芤」與「按之不芤」兩語：一驗本虚，一驗不虚，皆以指下之空與不空為斷。
趺陽脉浮而芤，浮者衛氣衰，芤者榮氣傷，其身體痩，肌肉甲錯，浮芤相搏，宗氣衰微，四屬斷絶。
趺阳脉浮而芤，浮者卫气衰，芤者荣气伤，其身体瘦，肌肉甲错，浮芤相搏，宗气衰微，四属断绝。
fū yáng mài fú ér kōu fú zhě wèi qì shuāi kōu zhě róng qì shāng qí shēn tǐ shòu jī ròu jiǎ cuò fú kōu xiāng bó zōng qì shuāi wēi sì shǔ duàn jué
When the instep yang pulse is floating and hollow: the floating means the wei qi declines, the hollow means the ying qi is injured; the body grows thin and the flesh is scaled like armour. Floating and hollow striking together, the ancestral qi wanes, and the four dependencies of skin, flesh, fat and marrow are cut off from nourishment.
芤之為用，在「按之反芤」與「按之不芤」兩語：一驗本虚，一驗不虚，皆以指下之空與不空為斷。
太陽中暍者，發熱惡寒，身重而疼痛，其脉弦、細、芤、遲，小便已，灑灑然毛聳，手足逆冷，小有勞，身即熱，口開，前板齒燥。
太阳中暍者，发热恶寒，身重而疼痛，其脉弦、细、芤、迟，小便已，洒洒然毛耸，手足逆冷，小有劳，身即热，口开，前板齿燥。
tài yáng zhòng yē zhě fā rè wù hán shēn zhòng ér téng tòng qí mài xián xì kōu chí xiǎo biàn yǐ sǎ sǎ rán máo sǒng shǒu zú nì lěng xiǎo yǒu láo shēn jí rè kǒu kāi qián bǎn chǐ zào
In taiyang heatstroke with fever and aversion to cold, a heavy aching body and a pulse that is wiry, thin, hollow and slow, the patient shivers with bristling hair after passing urine, has cold hands and feet, and grows hot on the least exertion, with the mouth held open and the front teeth dry.
芤之為用，在「按之反芤」與「按之不芤」兩語：一驗本虚，一驗不虚，皆以指下之空與不空為斷。