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Practical Diagnosis in Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1e

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As a practicing acupuncturist of 12 years and teacher of this artful medicine, I found this book invaluable for both practioners and students of TCM. The wealth of information on examination methods(i.e.: tongue,pulse,abdomen,almost every aspect of facial diagnosis), 10 questions, and more was impressive! The author gives more than enough information to discern what pattern(s)are present and how to differentiate your diagnosis as well as how to write a report(listing helpful examples for the student or beginning practioner.) It was written in a very readable format and very interesting. Thanks to the author for compiling such a helpful text. I'm recommending it to all my students!

I've had the book now for 2 years. Yes, the terminology is different than what some folks are used to. The book uses the Nigel Wiseman Chinese medical translational paradigm. If you hate this, don't buy the book - get Giovanni Maciocia's 'Diagnosis in Chinese Medicine: A Comprehensive Guide' written in a more casual linguistic style. Personally, I like the rigor of Practical Diagnosis in Traditional Chinese Medicine because it really makes you think about what is being said. The descriptions of Chinese medical concepts, pathology, pattern discrimination and treatments are very detailed and well articulated. The words map back to the original Chinese language. The book is a lot of work, but well worth the effort!

Like the other, I read the reveiws of the previous purchasers here and very positive to click buy right away. However, when I got the book and (excitedly) read it I didn't find any special content from another TCM diagnosis book I had. This book is just translated from the Chinese principle of diagnosis text and the language they use is very strange. The reason is that, as a TCM student, I think this book (the translator) uses different vocab from the other standard TCM Text and also there is less tongue diagnosis section which is the most important aspect of diagnosis in TCM. Even the cases they illusteate also not practical in clinic here.

The book is written narratively and has no tables or chart or any conclusion to help student or reader better understanding. Comparing with my other Chinese TCM books translated by some translaters without any praise or big name forward, they are easier to understand and have charts and necessary tables to sum up the content and help better understanding.

In a nut shell, I found this book is not worth my money eventhough I got excited when I see the foreword from a Harvard Medical school staff on the first page of this book. After I finish the book, I wonder if the one who forworded or those who wrote the 5-star review for this book probably never read any other good TCM Textbook at all.

I was hesitated to return or keep the book for few days...I decided to keep as a reference as we want to be a capable TCM practitioner, however I decided to return when I found few days later that the price dropped more than $65 when I bought. I paid more than $150 ... Just have to be careful before buying anything next time.

In my opinion, this is the single best book currently available on Chinese medical diagnostics. I think it is far better than Giovanni Maciocia's book on the same subject. Deng Tie-tao is an incontrovertible master of the art, and this book is considered a standard in the PRC. This is the real deal.

This book is confusing at times. I bought it because it was a required book in my channel pathology class, but the instuctor (from China) said the book material wasn't great, so we didn't even use it.

GREAT BOOK!!!!!!! Everything you ever wanted to know or need to know in your study of Chinese medicine and Diagnosis is all right here in this book! Great for the student and teacher alike!!!

When this book first came out, it filled a definite deficiency of English language texts about TCM diagnostics. While it is an excellent text, if one has to choose to buy only one text on diagnosis in TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine), I would highly recommend Giovanni Maciocia's Diagnosis In Chinese Medicine. That text is much more comprehensive and immensely more practical. That aside, Tie-Tao Deng's book is still a valuable item in my TCM library.

Okay, well, I am not alone in my assesment of this book. This book creeps along at an alarmingly slow pace, and the Chinese to English translation leaves me thinking that... well, something may have been lost in translation. They use some English words in a rather arcane way, and you have to stop, think, decode, and move on to the next sentence. Definitely not my first choice--I think this up there with my assesment of CAM.

Item as described and arrived very quickly. Packaged very well for protection. Would do business again.