Diagnosis in Chinese Medicine. First edition

This is the culmination of Giovanni Maciocia's 30-year clinical experience in his busy clinic using both acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine. As Giovanni highlights in the introduction to the book, the greatest strength of Chinese medicine does not lie in its theories but in the placing of the patient at the centre of the clinical encounter. Diagnosis is at the heart of this encounter. Giovanni has dedicated his professional life to transmitting his clinical skills and to preserving the most subtle (and difficult) aspects of the diagnostic process in Chinese medicine, such as tongue and pulse diagnosis.

The book combines a detailed analysis of clinical manifestations, comprehensive quotations from the classics with the nuggets of wisdom from Giovanni's clinical experience. Of the features of Giovanni's diagnostic work is the capacity to adapt Chinese medicine's diagnostic process to the realities of Western patients. For this reason, the list of symptoms and signs in Part 5 of the book contains many symptoms that are typical of Western patients and that are not found in Chinese books (e.g. "Craving for sweets","Hyperactivity in children", etc.).

The book is divided into four Parts dealing with the traditional four aspects of the Chinese diagnostic process, i.e. Observation, Interrogation, Palpation and Hearing/Smelling. In addition to this, Part 5 lists the symptoms and signs independently of whether they are elicited from observation or interrogation. This allows the practitioner to quickly consult the book when confronted with a patient displaying a particular symptom: Part 5 on Symptoms and Signs will list the patterns giving rise to that particular symptom. A comprehensive index of symptoms and signs will then allow the practitioner to delve deeper into that symptoms in the Parts of Observation or Interrogation. Книга «Diagnosis in Chinese Medicine. First edition» автора Джованни Мачоча оценена посетителями КнигоГид, и её читательский рейтинг составил 9.00 из 10.
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