Acupuncture 455

Course overview

*Explain how climatic factors can become a cause of disease. *Assess the influence of the constitution on predisposition to health or disease. *Compare diagnostic signs of a strong or weak constitution. *Discuss how excessive physical work and exercise can cause disease. *Relate the significance of poor diet and eating habits as a cause of disease. *Summarize the importance of paying attention to a patient's constitutional type. *Interpret clinical meaning of changes in the tissues and other parts of the body. *Recognize the importance of the tongue as a pillar of diagnosis. *Integrate tongue and pulse diagnosis to confirm suspected patterns and indicate the presence of patterns not evident from other signs and symptoms. *Recognize the frequency of tiredness as a complaint in Western patients, and utilize methods of questioning to ascertain appropriate patterns of disharmony. *Differentiate the clinical significance of feelings of cold, heat, and fever, and their different clinical significance in exterior and interior conditions. *Justify the importance of questioning and observing the patient's emotional state. *Recognize the significance of asking about menstruation, leucorrhoea, pregnancy, and childbirth. *Examine children's symptoms, in the areas of digestion, respiration, sleep and immunization.