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Tag: Four Examinations
The Art of Diagnosis
The art of diagnosis is disappearing and I take this as a very sad occurrence. One of the problems, perhaps, is that western medicine and scientists try so hard to […]
The Four Examinations, Part 6 (Palpation Diagnosis)
Palpation Pulse: (mostly TCM here, not Contemporary Chinese Pulse Diagnosis, except for a few concepts) Left RightDistal = cun (inch) = heart and small intestine lungs and large intestineMiddle = […]
The Four Examinations, Part 5 (Inquiry/Asking Diagnosis)
The “10 Questions” Inquiry/Asking Demographics: name, age, sex, profession, life circumstances, birth place, where they live… Past Medical History: Birth history (did mom have trouble conceiving, did she have any […]
The Four Examinations, Part 4 (Listening and Smelling Diagnosis)
Some info on the Listening and Smelling exam Listening and Smelling Quality of voice: faint, frail, diffic getting words out: Lung qi defic or Yuan qi depleted Rough, loud, full: […]
The Four Examinations, Part 3 (Pediatrics: Diagnosing Children with Chinese Medicine)
PEDIATRIC DIAGNOSIS – WIND, QI AND LIFE GATESIn pediatrics, we have this problem in that we can’t really palpate the way we palpate adults. So we have a very special […]
The Four Examinations, Part 2 (Tongue Diagnosis in Chinese Medicine)
TONGUEThe tongue is one of the major pillars of diagnosis, the other main one being the pulse. The tongue body proper is going to give you information more about the […]
The Four Examinations (Chinese Medicine Diagnosis, Part 1)
One of the major strengths of Chinese medicine is its ability to diagnose imbalance. It does this via the 4 Examinations or 4 Diagnoses, Inspection/Looking, Listening/Smelling, Inquiry/Asking and Palpation (pulse, […]