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Chapter 57 EARS Chapter contents TINNITUS/DEAFNESS ITCHY EARS EARACHE BLEEDING FROM THE EARS DISCHARGE FROM THE EARS EXCESSIVE WAX PRODUCTION ABNORMAL SIZE Swollen ears Contracted ears DRY AND CONTRACTED HELIX…

Chapter 8 OBSERVATION OF LIPS MOUTH, PALATE, TEETH, GUMS AND PHILTRUM Chapter contents CHANNELS INFLUENCING THE MOUTH AND LIPS LIPS Abnormal colour Dry or cracked lips Peeled lips Swollen lips…

Chapter 6 OBSERVATION OF THE EYES Chapter contents INTRODUCTION CHANNELS INFLUENCING THE EYES RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE INTERNAL ORGANS AND THE EYES The eyes and the Liver The eyes and the…

Chapter 24 TONGUE-BODY COLOUR Chapter contents TONGUE SPIRIT TONGUE-BODY COLOURS Pale Red Purple SUBLINGUAL VEINS TONGUE SPIRIT The tongue “spirit” refers to the general appearance of the tongue: this is…

Chapter 73 URINATION Chapter contents DARK URINE PALE AND ABUNDANT URINE TURBID URINE PAINFUL URINATION SCANTY AND DIFFICULT URINATION DIFFICULT URINATION FREQUENT URINATION DRIBBLING OF URINE INCONTINENCE OF URINE NOCTURNAL…

Chapter 21 OBSERVATION OF THE SKIN Chapter contents INTRODUCTION Skin layers Types of skin lesion THE SKIN AND THE INTERNAL ORGANS The skin and the Lungs The skin and the…

Chapter 79 MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL SYMPTOMS Chapter contents DEPRESSION DEPRESSION AND MANIC BEHAVIOUR Depressive phase Manic phase ANXIETY IRRITABILITY SCHIZOPHRENIA DEPRESSION Interrogation, Chapter 44 Liver-Qi stagnation Depression, moodiness, irritability, anxiety,…

Chapter 58 NOSE Chapter contents ABNORMAL COLOUR Pale Yellow Red Bluish-greenish Reddish-purple Dark SNEEZING BLOCKED NOSE RUNNY NOSE ITCHY NOSE DRY NOSTRILS NOSEBLEED NOSE ACHE NOSE PAIN SWOLLEN NOSE BAD…

Chapter 3 OBSERVATION OF THE COMPLEXION COLOUR Chapter contents INTRODUCTION DOMINANT AND GUEST COLOURS Dominant colours Guest colours Clinical significance OBSERVATION OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF COMPLEXION COLOUR Superficial or deep…

Chapter 76 SWEATING Chapter contents SPONTANEOUS SWEATING NIGHT SWEATING SWEATING FROM COLLAPSE YELLOW SWEAT LOCALIZED SWEATING Unilateral sweating Sweating on the head Sweating on the chest Sweating of hands and…