Traditional Chinese Medicine Patterns and Diagnosis

• Eight Principles (Ba Gong)
• Patterns of Qi, Blood, and Fluids
• Zang Fu Patterns
• Six Stages Patterns
  Used for febrile diseases caused by Cold (Tai Yang, Shao Yang, Yang Ming, Tai Yin, Jue Yin, Shao Yin)
• Four Level Patterns
  Use for 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 and Pulse Diagnosis

Tongue Diagnosis

Pulse Diagnosis 29 Pulse Images Pulse Indication Table

Treatment Methods

• The Eleven Treatment Method

General TCM Diagnosis

• General Symptoms
• Yin Yang Diagnosis Table
  Simple table showing excess and deficiency of Yin and Yang and what results it causes in different areas of the body.

Patterns and Treatments

Gynecological Symptoms

• Early Menses
• Late Menses
• Irregular Menses
• Heavy Menses
• Scanty Menses
• Extended Menses
• Bleeding Between Menses
• Amenorrhea
• Dysmenorrhea
• Flooding and Trickling
• Associated Symptoms