Product Description
Guangzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine College, China. Translation is an extensive and advanced text on all aspects of Chinese medical diagnostics. Relationships between clinical signs and pathological mechanisms are discussed. For students and practitioners. Expanded-outline format. Halftone illustrations. … More >>
Practical Diagnosis in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Tags: Chinese, Diagnosis, Medicine, Practical, Traditional
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.
Rating: 2 / 5
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.
Rating: 3 / 5
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.
Rating: 2 / 5
Item as described and arrived very quickly. Packaged very well for protection. Would do business again.
Rating: 5 / 5
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.
Rating: 1 / 5