How does the Chinese medical practitioner diagnose what is out of balance in a persons body?
A. This is done by using the ‘Four Examinations,’ a method of diagnosis which dates back over three thousand years. Observing, Listening and Smelling (Listening and Smelling are counted as one of the Four Examinations), Questioning and Palpating make up the ‘Four Examinations’. The subjective, interpretive and objective evidence of an individual obtained by the ‘Four Examinations’ leads to the discovery of the causes of a disease while at the same time becoming aware of the ‘Whole Person”, thus revealing where in the individual’s life the development of the disease started and what initiated it.
