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1) INSPECTION :
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| a) Observe the Spirit |
| 1. Good Spirit - Bright eyes, normal facial
expression indicates the qi is undamaged. The illness is easy to
improve. |
| 2. Bad Spirit - Dull eyes, dark complexion
indicates the qi is damaged. Although no critical signs maybe
present, special attention must be paid to. |
| b) Observe the Tongue |
| 1. Pale Tongue body - Deficiency of qi and blood. |
| 2. Red Tongue body - Heat Syndrome. |
| 3. Purple Tongue body - Impair the qi and blood,
bad circulation. |
| 4. Enlarged Tongue body - Water (damp in the body). |
| 5. Cracked Tongue body - Insufficiency of body
fluid and extreme heat. |
| 6. Thick Tongue coating - Indicate too much
pathogen. |
| 7. Coating from think to thick indicates condition
is getting worse. |
| 8. Coating from thick to thin indicates condition
is getting better. |
| 9. Peeled coating (mirror-like) indicates
insufficiency of Yin and Stomach qi deficient. |
| 10. White Tongue Coating - Exterior and cold
syndrome. |
| 11. Yellow Coating - Interior and heat syndrome. |
| 12. Black Coating - Extreme heat or extreme cold is
often seen in the critical situation. |
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| 2. OLFACTION : |
| 1. Smell patient's breath - halitosis indicates
stomach heat. |
| 2. Listen to Voice - Loud voice indicates heat
syndrome, Low voice indicates cold syndrome. |
| Hiccough - No significance if appears in normal but
appears in enduring or serious illnes it may say to you goodbye. |
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| 3. INQUIRY : |
| 1. Fever and Feel Cold - Belong to exterior
syndrome. |
| 2. Fever and Feel Hot - Belong to interior and heat
syndrome. |
| 3. Sometimes Cold, Sometimes Hot - Semi-exterior
and Semi-interior syndrome. |
| 4. Fever with Sweating - Qi deficient, need
nourishment. |
| 5. Fever without Sweating - Too much heat, require
sweating. |
| 6. Dark - Coloured Urine - Damp heat. |
| 7. Constipation and Dry Stool - Heat syndrome. |
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| Ask food intake, good appetite in spite of
prolonged or serious illness, it shows that stomach qi has no expired,
the patient's prospects for recovery are good. |
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| 4. PALPATION : |
| 1. Normal Pulse - 3 to 4 beats per respiration;
smooth and forceful; not floating, not deep. |
| 2. Floating Pulse - Superficial level (but
deficient at the deep) exterior syndrome. |
| 3. Deep Pulse - Interior Syndrome. |
| 4. Slow Pulse - Less than 3 beats per respiration.
Cold and Yang deficiency. |
| 5. Rapid Pulse - More than 6 beats per
respiration. Heat syndrome. |
| 6. Slippery Pulse - Dampness in the body. |
| 7. Interrupted Pulse - Insufficiency of the heart
qi. |
| 8. Thready Pulse - Insufficiency of qi and blood. |
| Through above 4 diagnostics methods, it is then
summarised into the 8 basic types of the syndrome called 8 principles. |
