The Four Diagnostic Methods Part Three

The following are some of the commonly encountered pulse conditions and their signification:

Floating pulse (Fu Mai): Exterior syndrome (floating and forceful pulse indicating exterior sthenia or excess syndrome while floating and weak pulse indicating exterior asthenia or deficiency Read More

The Four Diagnostic Methods Part two

Inspection of complexion means to observe facial changes in colour and luster. Generally speaking, reddish complexion indicates heat Syndromes; whitish complexion indicates cold and asthenia syndrome; yellowish complexion indicates asthenia and dampness Syndromes; bluish complexion suggests pain Read More

The Four Diagnostic Methods Part one

The four diagnostic methods, namely wang (inspection), wen (auscultation and olfaction), wen (inquiry) and qie (pulse-taking and palpation), refer to the four basic methods used in diagnosing disease in traditional Chinese medicine. The human body is an organic whole, local pathological changes Read More

Diagnosis(1):Four diagnostic methods

Inspection
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There are four diagnostic methods in TCM

Inspection

Inspection: Inspection is one kind of examining method which is applied to knowing the condition of disease by means of doctor’s visual sense to look over the vitality, color, figure, posture of patient’s whole or partial body and the Read More