This series of books is drawn from the collegiate textbooks developed for TCM Institutions of higher learning at Beijing University of TCM. The information is first presented in English (translated by a Chinese native), then in Chinese. This dual presentation, coupled with judicious dictionary usage, allows students to gain proficiency and familiarity with the Chinese terms. The material itself, apart from the occasional adjustments needed to extrapolate English language meaning, is thorough and well ordered. These are useful resources for TCM students.
Diagnostics of TCM covers method and syndrome differentiation, principles of diagnosis, techniques of observation, auscultation and olfaction, interrogation, and palpation; 8-principle syndrome differentiation, etiology, qi, blood and fluid syndromes, syndromes of viscera and channels and exogenous diseases, and the keeping of a medical record.