As has had been learned by friends who’d like to learn Chinese in China that there are four traditional diagnostic methods in the Chinese medication system, which were the inspection, auscultation-olfaction, the interrogation method and palpation method. And whenever talking about the traditional Chinese medication, what came into people’s mind is the palpations of the pulses and the inspectional observation method, well, for friends who’d like to study Chinese in China that is of course true, since whoever goes to see a traditional Chinese doctor those two steps are indispensible.
Here is a case to be shared with friends who’d like to study Mandarin in China, one day, one practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine was delivering a lecture at the western Germany, the host invited a patient who was suffering from the tetrad arrhythmia and demanded him to analyze the patients’ disease and give out reasons in a dialectical way.
Well, the practitioner of Chinese traditional medicine drew conclusions after his thorough investigation and figured out that the patient was pregnant, and was suffering from coronary disease, emotional stagnation and physical fatigue. To the amazement of the readers who’d like to learn Chinese in China, the host was gasping in admiration and tried to seek advice from him.
The Chinese doctor of traditional medicine replied, the human body is an organic unity, one small ailment or local pathologic change would affect the whole body’s functioning, it is true that the Chinese traditional medication attaches importance to the pulse-palpation and the observation of the tongue, but they were far from enough. Then students who’d like to study Chinese in China must be quite curious about the correct diagnosing procedures.
In order to collect information of the patient as widely as possible, the traditional medicine mobilizes all means , just like the seeing, listening, asking, X-rays, and scientific investigations adopted by the western medication system which is well-known by friends who’d like to study Mandarin in China, the Chinese traditional medicine system firstly relies on the first hand observation, the interrogation method, the palpation of the pulse and the hearing of the answers, and then carry out dialectical analyses based on the theoretical basis, and finally prescribe prescriptions and dosages after drawing correct conclusions after integration and diagnosis.
Then the relationship between the diagnosing and the diagnosing of diseases must be obvious for friends who’d like to learn Chinese in China since we can safely draw the conclusion that the four diagnosing methods serve as the basis for judgment of medication.
It can be seen by friends who’d like to study Chinese in China that the four diagnosing methods of the traditional Chinese medicine system provide the simple whole plain information for the doctor and they are quite comprehensive in their richness and vastness, if just taking one or two methods for diagnosing , then the misdiagnosis are unavoidable.
The interrogation method is the primary procedure to be done, since patient and explicate questioning well provide clues for correct diagnosing, the interrogation method takes a long time and is quite unique, all the conditions of the patients are need to be apprehended. And there was a book Ten Aspects to be Inquired in Chinese Medication, which was collected and completed by Zhang Jingyue of the Ming Dynasty, to be introduced to friends who’d like to study Mandarin in China.
Firstly, inquiring about the cold and heat, secondly, about the perspiration system, thirdly, about the head and the body ; fourthly, about the bowl evacuation habit; fifthly, about the dietary habits, sixthly, about the thoracoabdominal conditions, seventhly, about the aural comprehension, eighthly, about the thirst, ninthly, about the relapses or old diseases, and lastly, ask about the reasons; it is unique for friends who’d like to learn Chinese in China, that the gynecological and obstetrical questions should be interrogated while curing the female patients, while the children should be inquired about the koplik spots,
It should be made clear to friends who’d like to learn Chinese in China that the questions in the interrogation method are chosen flexibly according to the actual state of illnesses, and the major characteristics of the disease as well as its complications within the whole body must be made clear.
In a word, the interrogation method is just a piece of an iceberg, the rich while complicated Chinese traditional medicine are worth exploration and investigation, for friends who’d like to study Mandarin in China, the understanding of Chinese lifestyle and its culture is quite interesting and useful.