4 diagnostic methods:
- Look
- Listen and Smell
- Ask
- Touch
Short term disharmony (pathological invasion)
- Size (swelling)
- Colour
- Temperature
- Joint deformity
Long term disharmony (ex. Kidney essence: developmental issues)
- Weight
Height
Deformity
Physique based on build:
- Look
- Listen and Smell
- Ask
- Touch
Short term disharmony (pathological invasion)
- Size (swelling)
- Colour
- Temperature
- Joint deformity
Long term disharmony (ex. Kidney essence: developmental issues)
- Weight
Height
Deformity
Physique based on build:
-
Robustness
o Strong
physique
o Solid
viscera, exuberant qi and blood
o Favorable
prognosis
-
Weakness
o Feeble
physique
o Fragile
viscera, insufficient qi and blood
o Unfavorable
prognosis
-
Corpulence (overweight)
o Corpulence
and good appetite- exuberant figure
o Corpulence
with poor appetite- qi deficiency
o Corpulent
and susceptible to damp- heat and stagnation
-
Emaciation
o Emaciation
and polydipsia- fire flaming in the middle jiao
o Emaciation
and small food intake- deficiency of spleen and stomach
o Atrophy-
exhaustion of qi, body fluid, and essence
o Emaciation
with feverish sensation in the five centers and night sweating- yin and blood
deficiency fire
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