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 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 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 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…
Chapter 78 EMOTIONAL SYMPTOMS Chapter contents PROPENSITY TO ANGER PROPENSITY TO WORRY SADNESS FEAR/ANXIETY TENDENCY TO BE EASILY STARTLED EXCESS JOY MENTAL RESTLESSNESS SEVERE TIMIDITY INAPPROPRIATE LAUGHTER PROPENSITY TO ANGER…
Chapter 48 DIAGNOSING THE CAUSES OF DISEASE Chapter contents INTRODUCTION INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CAUSES OF DISEASE Interaction of trauma with climate Interaction of hereditary weak constitution with diet Interaction of emotional…
