Ze-Lin Chen

This book provides not only a Western scientific approach to the Chinese medical terminology and mechanisms of formations of various tongue conditions and their clinical significance, but also shows how to diagnose and treat diseases according to the manifestation of the tongue condition. This book is a useful tool in Chinese and Western Medicine with sufficient photographs and descriptions to illustrate both theory and practice. It may also be used as a diagnostic reference for clinical show more physicians and as an educational reference for those devoted to the study of tradtional Chinese medicine and research. show less

Tongue diagnosis is one of the four major diagnoses in Chinese medicine. It can reveal the seriousness, site and stage of a disease as well as the constitution of the patient. According to tongue diagnosis, therapy and treatment may be determined.This book not only provides a Western scientific approach to the Chinese medical terminology and mechanisms of formations of various tongue conditions and their clinical significance, but also shows how to diagnose and treat diseases according to show more the manifestation of the tongue condition. show less