Chapter 43 FEELING OF COLD, FEELING OF HEAT AND FEVER Chapter contents INTRODUCTION FEELING OF COLD Feeling of cold in interior conditions Feeling of cold in exterior conditions How to…

Chapter 104 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS ACCORDING TO THE FOUR LEVELS Chapter contents INTRODUCTION DEFENSIVE-QI LEVEL Wind-Heat Summer-Heat Damp-Heat Dry-Heat QI LEVEL Lung-Heat (Heat in chest and diaphragm) Stomach-Heat Intestines Dry-Heat…

Chapter 64 LIMBS Chapter contents MUSCLE ACHE IN THE LIMBS PAIN IN THE LIMBS HANDS AND FEET Cold hands and feet Hot hands and feet ABNORMAL FEELINGS IN THE LIMBS…

Chapter 81 SLEEP PROBLEMS Chapter contents INSOMNIA EXCESSIVE DREAMING SOMNOLENCE SLEEP TALKING SLEEP WALKING SNORING INSOMNIA Interrogation, Chapter 40 Insomnia includes difficulty in falling or staying asleep. Heart-Blood deficiency Insomnia…

Chapter 14 OBSERVATION OF THE HANDS Chapter contents INTRODUCTION ABNORMAL COLOUR Pale hands Red dorsum of the hands Red palms VENULES ON THE THENAR EMINENCE ATROPHY OF THE THENAR EMINENCE…

Chapter 22 OBSERVATION IN CHILDREN Chapter contents INTRODUCTION COMPLEXION Red Yellow Pale Bluish-greenish ORIFICES Eyes Ears Nose Mouth Urethra and anus BODY MOVEMENT SPINAL MUSCLES INDEX FINGER Veins on the…

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…