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Tongue Apperance and Mechanisms (A Quick Guide)

Tongue diagnosis is a powerful means by which a practitioner of Chinese medicine can quickly locate the solution to many issues of internal medicine.

What follows on this page are the various tongue body and coating appearances, how they came to look that way (mechanisms) and what they indicate.

September 11, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Tongue-Observation  No Comments

Pulse Qualities and Mechanisms (A Quick Guide)

Pulse diagnosis is among the more difficult aspects of Chinese medicine to master. One reason for this is incomplete education.

In this article, pulse qualities are described, along with the mechanisms behind these findings and of course their therapeutic indications.

Understanding mechanisms simplifies this study greatly. Complex pulses such as the soggy (ru mai) aren’t so complex when you understand the basis for it’s quantifiable parameters.

September 11, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Pulse-Palpation  No Comments

Generalities to Guide Clinical Practice
(A Quick Guide)

There are certain answers that come up frequently during the “inquiry” phase of the diagnostic interaction in Chinese medicine.

For instance, whenever you see secretions or excretions that are yellow, no matter where they appear, the diagnostic significance always points to heat.

These generalities can easily guide a practitioner toward relevant, accurate, and efficacious diagnosis. Enjoy.

 

September 11, 2009  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Inquiry  No Comments

Stray Charts from The TCM Diagnosis Study Guide (1 of 11)

These are charts describing some of the more subtle aspects of tongue diagnosis that didn’t make it into the book.

September 10, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Diagnosis, Tongue-Observation  No Comments

@algancao – On Chinese Medicine Diagnosis

@acupunisher Diagnosis is knowing what signs and symptoms to include, and knowing which S&S to exclude. Fri Jul 10 05:47:16

@acupunisher Can’t include all symptoms. When shen-disturbed patient complains of aliens controlling mind, gotta know when to say when.

@acupunisher Color of aliens helpful information? Not sure, but I do agree re:patient’s reaction to them. I take same approach with dreams.

@acupunisher My point is sometimes you gotta ignore signs. To which of the 5 diagnostic colors do you attribute “plaid” as an example.

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Pulse Diagnosis Made Ridiculously Simple (Page 1 of 45)

Making pulse diagnosis doable by breaking down complex qualities into very quantifiable perceptions.

August 27, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Pulse Class, Pulse-Palpation  No Comments

Symptomatic Diagnosis: Elimination

Fecal and urinary elimination have always been an important part of health from the Chinese perspective. This article describes common issues of elimination, their differential diagnosis and herbal treatments.

Tenesmus (sense of incomplete bowel movement) – Constipation – Incontinence of feces – Incontinence of urine – Cloudy urination – Frequent urination – Oliguria, or difficult urination – Seminal fluid in urine

August 26, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Symptomatic Diagnosis  No Comments

Symptomatic Diagnosis: Male Reproductive

This article describes a number of male reproductive issues, their differential diagnosis, treatment principles and herbal formulas. Chief complaints include:

Blood in Seminal Fluid – Thin and scanty ejaculate – Inability to ejaculate – Premature ejaculation – Nocturnal Emissions – Impotence – Persistent Erection – - Coldness in the external genitalia – Flaccid retraction of the penis – Itching and Burning in the genitalia

August 26, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Symptomatic Diagnosis  No Comments

Symptomatic Diagnosis: Fever & Chills

Chinese medicine has a long history, back to the year 200 at least, of treating viral and bacterial infections. This article describes the differentiations, treatment principles and formulas for said infections and indications such as:

Aversion to wind and cold along with chills
Shivers or “severe chills”
Alternating fever and chills
Aversion to heat without chills
Tidal fever (low grade fever)
Five center heat
Night sweats

August 26, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Symptomatic Diagnosis  No Comments