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Diagnostics Overview
Si Zhen (The Four Methods)
Inspection
Vitality
Color
Appearance
Five Sense Organs
Tongue
Auscultation and Olfaction
Listening
Smelling
Inquiring
Chills and Fever
Perspiration
Appetite, Thirst and Taste
Pain
Sleep
Menses and Leukorrhea
Palpation
Pulse
Abdomen
Channels
Other parts of body
Principles of Diagnosis
Information is collected using the four examinations
An assessment of diagnosis is then made using the various approaches
All patients will have two levels of diagnosis
Bian Bing (Illness Differentiation) - Disease Name
Bian Zheng (Syndrome Differentiation) - The Pattern
Diagnostic Approaches
Ba Gang (The Eight Principles)
Most general system
Used as first step in determining further approaches
Bing Yin Bian Zheng (Etiological Differentiation)
used to determine the pathogenic process
in particular exogenous factors
Liu Jing Bian Zheng (Six Divisions Differentiation)
used for exogenous Wind-Cold syndromes
Wei Qi Ying Xue Differentiation
used for febrile diseases
San Jiao Differentiation
used for febrile diseases
Zang Fu Differentiation
 used for the deepest level endogenous problems
Jing Luo (Channel and Collateral) Differentiation
local stagnation and deficiency problems
Qi Xue Jin Ye Differentiation
general endogenous problems problems that have not yet affected the Zang Fu
or used in combination with Zang Fu differentiation | 
