Acupuncture & Acupressure, Chinese Medicine, History 

PREFACE
FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION
FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION
INTRODUCTION
PART I A General Description of the Basic Knowledge of Traditional Chinese
Medicine
CHAPTER I YIN-YANG AND THE FIVE ELEMENTS
I. YIN-YANG
1. The opposition and interdependence of yin and yang
2. The inter-consuming-supporting and the inter-transforming relation of yin and
yang
II. THE FIVE ELEMENTS
1. Attribution of things to the five elements
2. The inter-promoting, inter-acting, over-acting and counter-acting relation of
the five elements
CHAPTER II ZANG-FU (INTERNAL ORGANS)
I. THE ZANG ORGANS
1. Heart
2. Liver
3. Spleen
4. Lung
5. Kidney
6. Pericardium
II. FU ORGANS
1. Small intestine
2. Gall bladder
3. Stomach
4. Large intestine
5. Urinary bladder
6. Sa'njlao
III. EXTRAORDINARY ORGANS
1. Brain
2. Uterus
CHAPTER III CHANNELS AND COLLATERALS
I. NOMENCLATURE AND CLASSIFICATION
II. FUNCTIONS OF CHANNELS AND COLLATERALS
CHAPTER IV QI, BLOOD AND BODY FLUID
I. QI
II. BLOOD
III. BODY FLUID
CHAPTER V ETIOLOGY
I. SIX EXOGENOUS FACTORS
1. Wind
2. Cold
3. Summer heat
4. Damp
5. Dryness
6. Heat (fire, mild heat)
II. SEVEN EMOTIONAL FACTORS
III. MISCELLANEOUS PATHOGENIC FACTORS
1. Irregular food intake
2. Over-strain and stress or lack of physical exertion
3. Traumatic injuries
4. Stagnant blood and phlegm
CHAPTER VI METHODS OF DIAGNOSIS
I. INSPECTION
1. Observation of the expression
2. Observation of the colour
3. Observation of the appearance
4. Observation of the tongue
II. AUSCULTATION AND OLFACTION
1. Listening
2. Smelling
III. INQUIRING
1. Chills and fever
2. Perspiration
3. Food and drink, appetite and taste
4. Defecation and urination
5. Pain
6. Sleep
7. Menses and leukorrhea
IV. PALPATION
1. Feeling the pulse
2. Palpation of channels and points
CHAPTER VII DIFFERENTIATION OF SYNDROMES
I. DIFFERENTIATION OF SYNDROMES ACCORDING TO EIGHT PRINCIPLES
1. Exterior and interior
2. Cold and heat
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.... - from Amzon