Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis: Auditory Examination – Language Abnormalities

Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis: Auditory Examination - Language Abnormalities

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

Traditional Chinese Medicine: Diagnosis Through Auditory Examination

Traditional Chinese Medicine: Diagnosis Through Auditory Examination

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

Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis: Auditory Examination

Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis: Auditory Examination

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