Medical Degree Program in China - Diagnostics of Chinese Medicine

 1. Introduction

2. Main Content

Diagnostics of Chinese medicine is a course of discussing the basic theories, methods and skills of Chinese medicine diagnosis of diseases. Diagnosis refers to the general judgment on human health state and disease. It is a bridge from basic medicine to clinical medicine. It has the characteristics of basic theory and clinical practice. It is an important part of the field of traditional Chinese medicine.

Diagnostic method

Diagnostic method is the basic method of TCM examines and collects data, including “the four diagnostic methods”: observation, listening, asking the situation and feeling the pulse. Illness data collected by the four diagnostic methods includes symptoms, signs and disease history.

Diagnosis

Diagnose a disease, also known as disease differentiation, it is the thinking process of comprehensive analysis of diagnostic data under the guidance of the theory of Chinese medicine, and make judgement on the disease and the name of disease.

Differentiation

Medical record

Four diagnostic methods

Eight classes

3. Basic Principles

Disease change is extremely complex, doctors should seize the essence of disease and make correct judgment to the in the ever-changing, diverse and complicated performances, he should be familiar with the theory and knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine, also should follow the basic principles of TCM diagnosis.

Look inside and outside, have an overall observation of disease

Seeking the reason by syndrome differentiation, review the reason to discuss the treatment

The combination of the our diagnostic methods, syndrome differentiation from the disease

4. Common Symptom Identification

Fever, fever with chills, high fever, hectic fever, alternating heat and cold, dysphoria with smothery sensation, tepefaction

5. Syndrome Differentiation of Causes

Six exopathogens, fire, dryness, dampness, heat syndrome, cold syndrome, wind syndrome