Chinese Medicine Diagnosis

Pattern Differentiation

• Eight Principles (Ba Gong)
• Patterns of Qi, Blood, and Fluids
• Zang Fu Patterns
• Six Stages Patterns
  Febrile diseases caused by Cold (Tai Yang, Shao Yang, Yang Ming, Tai Yin, Jue Yin, Shao Yin)
• Four Level Patterns
  Febrile diseases caused by Heat (Wei level, Qi level, Ying level, Blood level)
• San Jiao Patterns
  Used for Damp-Heat diseases as well as water metabolism problems

Methods of Diagnosis

• Looking
• Listening/Smelling
• Asking
• Tongue
• Pulse

Treatment Methods

• The Eleven Treatment Method