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Olfactory Diagnosis: Listening to Sounds + Smelling Odors 1. Sounds [Speech Sounds] 1. Heavy and Muffled Speech: The voice is dull and unclear. External invasion of wind-cold; phlegm-damp obstruction. 2. Hoarse Voice: The voice is hoarse. Loss of voice: Speech without sound, anciently referred to as “yin”. (Terminology Explanation: Jin Shi Bu Ming, Jin Po … Read more
It is well known that observation (望诊) is an important method for health maintenance and disease diagnosis. Through observing local body information, one can understand the changes in internal organs. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is profound and diverse in its diagnostic methods. Following observation, we would like to introduce the method of olfactory diagnosis (闻诊) … Read more
Auditory Diagnosis Auditory diagnosis is a method of diagnosing diseases through listening to sounds and smelling odors. Listening to sounds includes examining the patient’s voice, breathing, speech, coughing, heart sounds, vomiting, belching, sighing, sneezing, yawning, and bowel sounds. Smelling odors includes detecting abnormal smells emitted by the body, the odors of excretions, and the smells … Read more
Click the above “Public Account” to subscribe! Source｜China Traditional Chinese Medicine News Written by｜Gansu University of Chinese Medicine Chai Chao, Li Ting, Liang Yonglin When it comes to ‘Wen Zhen’, we are not unfamiliar. When friends and family meet and greet, if one speaks with a heavy and muffled voice, “as if coming from a … Read more
Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis – Auditory Examination Auditory examination is a term in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) diagnosis, one of the four diagnostic methods: observation, listening, inquiry, and palpation. TCM utilizes auditory and olfactory means to infer disease patterns by examining the sounds emitted by the patient and the various odors from bodily excretions. Since … Read more
Diagnosis Through Auditory ExaminationAuditory examination is a method of diagnosing diseases based on various sounds produced by the patient, assessing their pitch, urgency, strength, and clarity.① High-pitched sounds: Indicate that the vital energy is not deficient, belonging to heat syndrome or excess syndrome.② Heavy and muddy voice: Indicates external invasion of wind-cold, unregulated lung qi, … Read more
Auditory Examination Auditory examination includes listening to sounds and smelling odors. Listening to sounds refers to the examination of the patient’s voice, speech, breathing, coughing, vomiting, belching, sighing, sneezing, and bowel sounds. Smelling odors refers to detecting various smells emitted from the patient’s body, as well as from secretions, excretions, and the environment of … Read more
Official Account: Dalian Friendship HospitalVirtue, Benevolence, Sincerity, AspirationFriendship Science Popularization In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) outpatient clinics, it is common to see patients immediately extending their arms upon entering, saying, “Doctor, please take my pulse and see what illness I have.” Is TCM diagnosis solely reliant on pulse-taking? The answer is no; this is a … Read more
Click 【Hand Diagnosis | Facial Diagnosis | Eye Diagnosis | Mouth Diagnosis】Did you know? Eyes: 1. Symptoms around the eyes Eyelid swelling — Reduced function of internal organs (kidneys, gastrointestinal tract, heart) leading to water retention in the body. Dark circles — When blood contains excessive waste, it causes the area around the eyes to … Read more
Every morning at seven o’clock, we meet on time to study Traditional Chinese Medicine! The method of diagnosing diseases in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is commonly referred to as the Four Examinations, which includes observation (望, wàng), listening (闻, wén), inquiry (问, wèn), and palpation (切, qiè). This is abbreviated as “Four Examinations”. The application … Read more