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The Eight Principles of Diagnosis: A Comprehensive Overview of Disease Etiology The differentiation of Zang-Fu organs is the core; the differentiation of Qi, Blood, and Body Fluids is clear. External pathogenic heat diseases are differentiated by levels; assess the disease’s syndrome and type. Eight Principles Diagnosis – Exterior Syndrome Exterior syndrome is caused by external … Read more
For listeners who enjoy audiobooks, you can click below to listen to the audio. The concepts of Yin-Yang, Exterior-Interior, Deficiency-Excess, Cold-Heat are collectively referred to as the “Eight Principles” in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Among these, Exterior, Excess, and Heat are associated with Yang; while Interior, Deficiency, and Cold are associated with Yin. The term … Read more
Comprehensive Overview of the Eight Principles of Diagnosis – Every illness has its unique cause. Organ Diagnosis is the core; Qi, Blood, and Body Fluids must be clearly differentiated. External Pathogenic Heat Diseases must be classified; assess the disease’s symptoms and patterns. Eight Principles Diagnosis – Exterior Syndrome Exterior Syndrome – Pathogenic factors invade the … Read more
Syndrome differentiation of the organs is the most widely used method in today’s clinical practice of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and is the focus of this presentation. Through syndrome differentiation, we can determine whether the patient’s current condition is one of deficiency or excess, what type of deficiency or excess it is, and the location … Read more
Eight Principles Differentiation (Ba Gang Bian Zheng) The Eight Principles (Ba Gang) refer to Yin, Yang, Exterior, Interior, Cold, Heat, Deficiency, and Excess. They are one of the theoretical foundations for differentiation and treatment in TCM. Through the four examinations (inspection, auscultation, inquiry, and palpation), after gathering diagnostic information, we analyze and summarize various aspects … Read more
To understand the Xu Sun pulse, let us first review the steps of pulse diagnosis: 1. Differentiating Xu (deficiency) and Shi (excess) — This refers to assessing the strength of the pulse. He pulse: Soft and strong; Xu pulse: Weak pulse; Shi pulse: Strong pulse that pushes against the fingers. 2. Differentiating Han (cold) and … Read more
▍Source: DianxuntongIn Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), “tongue diagnosis” is generally divided into three parts: tongue body, tongue coating, and tongue shape. Tongue coating diagnosis is one of them. The tongue coating is a thin, white, and moist layer on the dorsal surface of the tongue, composed of shed keratinized epithelium, saliva, bacteria, and food debris.(Normal … Read more
Tongue diagnosis, also known as wang she (observing the tongue), is an important method for understanding the physiological functions and pathological changes of the body through the observation of tongue patterns, used for diagnosing and understanding diseases.During tongue diagnosis, observations are made in the order of tip – middle – root – sides of the … Read more
The Five Organs and Six Bowels refer to various organs within the human body. “Zang” (脏) refers to solid organs, which include the heart (心), liver (肝), spleen (脾), lungs (肺), and kidneys (肾). “Fu” (腑) refers to hollow organs, which include the small intestine (小肠), gallbladder (胆), stomach (胃), large intestine (大肠), and bladder … Read more
“The theory of the six fu organs being used for communication plays an important guiding role in the treatment of visceral diseases. The six fu organs refer to the gallbladder (dan), stomach (wei), small intestine (xiao chang), large intestine (da chang), bladder (pang guang), and san jiao (triple burner). The term ‘fu’ means a storage … Read more