This book is written by Prof. Zhou Xue-sheng of Nanjing University of CM. With the help of his many years of teaching experience and his wide collection of CM manual, Prof. Zhou gives a descriptive and detailed explanation of the major contents and areas of questioning by clarifying with the help of various figures, charts and tables, which has been warmly welcomed by readers since they greatly increase the understanding and apperception. A second edition has been formulated to fit the changing of the time and to fit the need of the readers. This new edition includes all the major points and information present in the first edition, along with additional information to make it complete and appropriate for readers. With a more systemic and complete content along with descriptive charts and figures, this book provides a better explanation of CM basic theory, and serves as a important reference book for both CM teachers and students, as well as clinical staff and researchers. Features: Detailed presentation of the basic theories and concepts of CM Legible figures, tables, charts and illustrations Profound quotes from ancient classics Clarified explanation of the abstract theories

Drawing on 20 years of teaching, conducting research, and practicing Chinese medicine Jia-xu (Chinese medicine diagnostics, Beijing U. of Chinese Medicine) presents a text for Chinese medicine (CM) teachers, students, clinical practitioners, and others interested in knowing more about the topic. The CM diagnostic principles are listed in tables to associate them with concrete signs and symptoms as well as differentiation syndromes. Coverage includes an introduction to CM diagnosis; various aspects of the examination-inspection, tongue, listening and smelling, inquiry, and pulse; palpation; syndrome differentiation according to the eight principles; differentiation of syndromes according to pathogenic factors; syndrome differentiation according to qi, blood, and body fluids; syndrome differentiation according to the Zang-fu organs; and additional syndromes differentiation. Translated into English by Yue Li-Feng, Ding Jie, and Mohammad Hashemipour, all of whom are CM specialists.

This revised edition includes a glossary of terms and a materia medica and formulary sufficient to practice the treatments described in the text. As such it is not only a unique, absoloutely-defined and referenced text, but also a self-contained and inexpensive course of study. As a basic text produced to a multi-author, multi-publisher voluntary standard, this revised edition is a unique key for scholars and clinicians alike.