| CODE | TCM5002 | ||||||||||||||||
| TITLE | Diagnostics in Chinese Medicine | ||||||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Centre for Traditional Chinese Medicine | ||||||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Diagnostics in Chinese Medicine is a study-unit which focuses on the essential theory and fundamental knowledge, as well as skills, in diagnosing diseases and differentiating syndromes. It is considered as a primary and a major unit within the curriculum of the Chinese medicine and often regarded as a link between the essential Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) theory and various clinical subspecialties. Study-unit Aims: This study-unit aims to enable students to better understand the main diagnostic methods employed in Chinese Medicine as well as the elementary theory and basic methods of syndrome differentiation in Chinese Medicine. Learning Outcomes: By the end of this study-unit, students will be able to: 1. demonstrate knowledge and recognise the main diagnostic methods employed in Chinese Medicine such as inspection, auscultation and olfaction (listening and smelling), inquiry and pulse-taking; 2. demonstrate knowledge of the elementary theory and basic methods of syndrome differentiation such as eight-principle syndrome differentiation, syndrome differentiation of qi, blood and body fluid and syndrome differentiation of zang-fu organs (viscera); 3. administer and use the four diagnostic methods; 4. identify and, hence, be more familiar with the main clinical manifestations of the common syndromes in Chinese Medicine. Reading list: Textbook: Diagnostics in Chinese Medicine, Chen Jiaxu, People鈥檚 Medical Publication House, 2011, ISBN 978-7-117-14650-0/R鈥�14651. Recommended readings: Chinese Medicine Study Guide: Diagnostics, Chen Jiaxu, People鈥檚 Medical Publication House, 2007, ISBN 978-7-117-09274-6/R鈥�9275. Chinese-English Edition of Illustrations on TCM Tongue Diagnosis, Wang Yiqin, Shanghai Scientific and Technical Publishers, 2007, ISBN 978-7-5323-8960-5. Illustrations of Tongue Diagnosis, Wang Yiqin, 2009, Shanghai Scientific and Technical Publishers, 2007, ISBN 978-7-5323-9952-9/R鈥�2706. Diagnosis in Chinese Medicine, Giovanni Maciocia, Churchill Livingstone, 2004, ISBN: 0443064482. Pictorial Guide to Clinical Observation in Chinese Medicine, Chen Jiaxu, People鈥檚 Medical Publication House锛�2006, ISBN 7-117-07997-5/R-7998. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Zhou Xiaoyu |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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