Daily Learning of Traditional Chinese Medicine – Chuan Ri The odors produced by the body are primarily due to the special scents generated when sweat is affected by damp-heat pathogenic factors. Additionally, foul odors may arise from ulcers or sores on the body that exude pus. When the body is ill, sweat serves as a … Read more
Hello everyone, welcome to “Learning TCM from the Beginning.” I am Sun Jie from the Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University. Today, we will continue to learn about the olfactory diagnosis in TCM. Using the nose to detect odors includes smelling the patient’s body odor and the odor of the examination room. Of … Read more
When we eat, we can smell the aroma of food, and when flowers bloom, we can smell their fragrance. The sense of smell is one way we judge our likes and dislikes. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) emphasizes the four diagnostic methods: observation, listening, inquiry, and palpation, where the method of smelling not only refers to … Read more
Click the blue text above to follow us Chapter Two: Auditory Diagnosis Concept: A method of diagnosing diseases by collecting information through listening to sounds and smelling odors. Classification: A. Listening to sounds: voice, language, breathing, coughing, vomiting, hiccuping, belching, sighing, sneezing, snoring, bowel sounds B. Smelling odors: abnormal odors emitted by the body, odors … Read more