[Today's Intel: Wulou Vein, one of the Seven Strange Veins. The pulse beats only once after a long interval, and the pauses are irregular. It is slow and weak, like a dilapidated roof leaking water, a single drop after a long wait. This often indicates that the stomach qi, nutritive qi, and defensive qi are on the verge of expiring. True Martial Soup may offer a slim chance of survival.]
"It's actually the Wulou Vein."
Li Xu was startled.
It was one of the Seven Strange Veins. A patient with this kind of pulse was basically at death's door.
Many medical texts described it.
The Su Wen: Discussion of the Physiognomy of Healthy People states: "The arrival of a dying spleen pulse... is like a leaking roof, like flowing water; this is called spleen death."
