Chapter 44 MENTAL—EMOTIONAL SYMPTOMS Chapter contents INTRODUCTION DEPRESSION Definition of depression Diagnosis of depression Depression in Chinese medicine Patterns in depression FEAR/ANXIETY IRRITABILITY/ANGER WORRY/OVERTHINKING SADNESS/GRIEF EXCESS JOY MENTAL RESTLESSNESS INTRODUCTION…
Chapter 83 VOICE, SPEECH AND SOUNDS Chapter contents LOUD VOICE 819 WEAK VOICE 820 MUFFLED VOICE 820 HOARSE VOICE 820 NASAL VOICE 820 SNORING 821 SLURRED SPEECH 821 INCOHERENT, INCESSANT…
Chapter 16 OBSERVATION OF THE CHEST AND ABDOMEN Chapter contents CHEST Protruding chest Sunken chest Protruding sternum Chest sunken on one side Chest protruding on one side Gynaecomastia ABDOMEN Abdominal…
Chapter 15 OBSERVATION OF THE NAILS Chapter contents INTRODUCTION SURFACE ABNORMALITIES Ridged nails Indented nails Thin and brittle nails Thickening of the nails Coarse and thick nails Withered and brittle…
Chapter 52 PALPATION OF CHANNELS Chapter contents INTRODUCTION CONNECTING CHANNELS MUSCLE CHANNELS PALPATION OF THE CHANNELS IN PAINFUL OBSTRUCTION SYNDROME (Bi) PALPATION OF CHANNELS Lung channel Large Intestine channel Stomach…
Chapter 105 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS ACCORDING TO THE SIX STAGES Chapter contents GREATER-YANG STAGE Channel patterns Organ patterns BRIGHT-YANG STAGE Bright-Yang channel pattern Bright-Yang organ pattern LESSER-YANG STAGE GREATER-YIN STAGE…
Chapter 56 FACE COLOUR Chapter contents WHITE/PALE YELLOW RED BLUISH/GREENISH PURPLE DARK SALLOW BLUSHING WHITE/PALE Observation, Chapter 3 Qi deficiency Slightly pale face, tiredness, poor appetite, loose stools, weak voice,…
Chapter 46 WOMEN’S SYMPTOMS Chapter contents INTRODUCTION THE GYNAECOLOGICAL HISTORY BREAST SYMPTOMS Breast lumps Premenstrual breast distension MENSTRUATION Amount of bleeding Colour Consistency Cycle Menarche Menopause Pain Premenstrual symptoms Other…
Chapter 27 TONGUE IMAGES AND PATTERNS Chapter contents QI-DEFICIENCY TONGUES YANG-DEFICIENCY TONGUES BLOOD-DEFICIENCY TONGUES YIN-DEFICIENCY TONGUES THE TONGUE IN PHLEGM AND DAMPNESS THE TONGUE IN HEAT THE TONGUE IN COLD…
