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…

Chapter 25 TONGUE-BODY SHAPE Chapter contents INTRODUCTION THIN SWOLLEN PARTIALLY SWOLLEN STIFF FLACCID LONG SHORT CRACKED DEVIATED MOVING QUIVERING TOOTHMARKED INTRODUCTION Observation of the tongue-body shape reveals primarily conditions of…

Chapter 77 SKIN SIGNS Chapter contents GREASY SKIN DRY SKIN ERUPTIONS Eczema Psoriasis Acne Urticaria Rosacea Rash in the axillae Red, itchy and swollen fingers INFECTIONS Herpes simplex Herpes zoster…

Chapter 80 MENTAL DIFFICULTIES Chapter contents POOR MEMORY DIFFICULTY IN CONCENTRATION LEARNING DIFFICULTY IN CHILDREN HYPERACTIVITY POOR MEMORY Qi and Blood deficiency of the Heart and Spleen Poor memory of…