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Diagnostic Methods - Class 01
Chinese Medicine Diagnostic Methods
By: David Botton

Diagnostics Overview


Diagnostics Overview

Si Zhen (The Four Methods)

Inspection

Vitality

Color

Appearance

Five Sense Organs

Tongue

Auscultation and Olfaction

Listening

Smelling

Inquiring

Chills and Fever

Perspiration

Appetite, Thirst and Taste

Pain

Sleep

Menses and Leukorrhea

Palpation

Pulse

Abdomen

Channels

Other parts of body

Principles of Diagnosis

Information is collected using the four examinations

An assessment of diagnosis is then made using the various approaches

All patients will have two levels of diagnosis

Bian Bing (Illness Differentiation) - Disease Name

Bian Zheng (Syndrome Differentiation) - The Pattern

Diagnostic Approaches

Ba Gang (The Eight Principles)

Most general system

Used as first step in determining further approaches

Bing Yin Bian Zheng (Etiological Differentiation)

used to determine the pathogenic process

in particular exogenous factors

Liu Jing Bian Zheng (Six Divisions Differentiation)

used for exogenous Wind-Cold syndromes

Wei Qi Ying Xue Differentiation

used for febrile diseases

San Jiao Differentiation

used for febrile diseases

Zang Fu Differentiation

 used for the deepest level endogenous problems

Jing Luo (Channel and Collateral) Differentiation

local stagnation and deficiency problems

Qi Xue Jin Ye Differentiation

general endogenous problems problems that have not yet affected the Zang Fu

or used in combination with Zang Fu differentiation

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