The art and practice of diagnosis in Chinese medicine / Nigel Ching ; foreword by Jeremy Halpin.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 13, 2018).

Translated from the Danish.

"First published in Danish as Kunsten at diagnosticere med Kinesisk medicin by Klitrose Publishers, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2009."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Art and Practice of Diagnosis in Chinese Medicine, by Nigel Ching; Foreword ; Acknowledgements ; Preface ; The Art of Diagnosis or How to Diagnose in Chinese Medicine; Diagnostic prerequisites ; Western diagnosis ; The diagnostic process ; Diagnostic models ; Treating complex patients with many patterns of imbalances ; Part 1 -- The Diagnostic Pillars; Introduction to the Diagnostic Pillars; Section 1 -- The Diagnostic Pillar: Visual Observation; Introduction; Visual diagnosis of a person's shen; Visual diagnosis of the body shape and posture; Visual diagnosis of a person's movements.

Visual diagnosis of a person's clothing Visual diagnosis of the face ; Visual diagnosis of the eyes; Visual diagnosis of the area around the eyes; Visual diagnosis of the forehead, the root of the nose and the area between the eyebrows; Visual diagnosis of the nose ; Visual diagnosis of the ears ; Visual diagnosis of the lips; Visual diagnosis of the mouth ; Visual diagnosis of the gums ; Visual diagnosis of the tongue; Visual diagnosis of the hair ; Visual diagnosis of the body hair; Visual diagnosis of the throat ; Visual diagnosis of the chest and the back ; Visual diagnosis of the back.

Visual diagnosis of the limbs Visual diagnosis of the joints ; Visual diagnosis of the hands ; Visual diagnosis of the skin ; Visual diagnosis of veins ; Visual diagnosis of skin lesions ; Visual diagnosis of acupuncture points and channels ; Visual diagnosis in relation to micro?systems such as ear acupuncture ; Appendix to Section 1 -- Visual Diagnosis of Children ; Section 2 -- The Diagnostic Pillar: Listening and Smelling; Introduction; Auditory diagnosis; Auditory diagnosis of the person's voice ; The Five Phases in the voice; Quality of the voice.

Auditory diagnosis of other sounds coming from the mouth, nose and chest Diagnosis of sounds from the abdominal cavity ; Olfactory diagnosis ; Section 3 -- The Diagnostic Pillar: Palpation; Introduction ; Pulse diagnosis ; Palpation of the abdomen, including Hara diagnosis ; Palpation of the chest ; Palpation of the skin; Palpation of the hands and feet ; Palpation of acupuncture points, channels and micro-systems ; Section 4 -- The Diagnostic Pillar: Interviewing; Introduction ; Interviewing techniques ; The 10 questions ; General questions ; Disease history ; Temperature ; Energy levels.

Sweating Thirst, appetite, taste ; Stools and Urination ; Heart, Lung and Chest ; Dizziness ; Skin, hair and nails ; The ears and eyes ; Sleep ; Pain ; Headache ; Enquiry that is specific to women ; Enquiry that is specific to men ; Enquiry with regard to the emotions and mental state; Lifestyle and diet ; Part 2 -- The Diagnostic Models ; Introduction to the Diagnostic Models ; Section 5 -- Diagnosis According to the Eight Principles ; Interior and exterior imbalances ; Exterior imbalances ; Interior imbalances ; Hot and Cold imbalances ; Heat ; Cold ; Combined Hot and Cold patterns.

This textbook is a complete diagnostic manual for students of Chinese medicine. It covers how to collect and collate the relevant information needed to make a diagnosis and clearly describes the various diagnostic models in Chinese medicine.

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