Tongue Diagnosis

The appearance of your tongue can reveal a lot about your health. The inspection of the tongue is an objective and convenient way for disease diagnosis.

Title: Tongue Diagnosis (Chinese-English)
By Xin Ying, Guo Xiazhen, Zhang Lisha
Published by Tianjin Scientific Translation Press, 2001 First Edition, 2006 Third Printing
Paperback, 7.5 x 4.5 inches, 212 pages
ISBN: 7543311674 9787543311671

Tongue diagnosis is an important part of the Chinese medical assessment. Chinese medicine practitioners believe the appearance of your tongue can reveal a lot about your health. The inspection of the tongue is an objective and convenient way for disease diagnosis. It includes 6 parts, such as the tongue's spirit, color, shape, status and coating's color, fur proper. As with any assessment method, the doctor doesn't rely on tongue diagnosis alone, but uses it to provide a complete picture of a person's health.

In order to meet the need of traditional Chinese medicine students and family health in communities, in this book the author expounds the knowledge on the inspection of the tongue by a Chinese-English way, beginning from the most vivid and objective colored tongue picture, combining the clinical diagnosis and treatment for diseases.

Tags: Chinese medicine, diagnostics, clinical practice, tongue diagnosis