The Six Manifestations of Yin/Yang (Tai Yang, Yang Meng, Shiu Yang, Tai Yin, Shiu Yin and Chueh Yin); The Three Burning Spaces; The Four Radicals; Epidemics; Diet and Fatigue; Emotional Stress; Sexual Excess; Trauma, Poisons and Intestinal Parasites; Hereditary Constitution.

Primary Factors in Chinese Medical Diagnosis; Stages of Interrogation (Immediate Symptoms, Previous Medical History and Final Prognosis); Methods of Observation (The Eyes, Posture and Movement, Observation of Colors, Facial Colors, Clinical Observation, Observation of the Nose, Lips, Teeth and Tongue).

The Traditional Palpation of the Pulses; Assignment of Organs to the Pulses; Classification of the Different Types of Pulse; "High" and "Low" Pulses; The Individual Pulses ("Fast/Slow", "Big/Small", "Deep/Floating", and "Strong/Weak"); The Twenty-Seven Pulse Variations and Their Significance; Clinical Applications of the Pulses.

Analytical Approach (Auscultation, Words, Vocal Expressions, Smelling of Odors, Bad Breath [Halitosis], Urine and Extretion); Sounds of Respiration (Breathing, Gasps and Interrupted Breathing, Coughing, Hiccoughs, Vomiting and Stomach Gas); Observation of the Tongue (Tongue and "Fur" Variations); Clinical Observation of the Tongue (The Color, "Fur" on the Tongue, and Degree of Disease-Condition); Conclusion.

Palpation (Palpation of the Body Areas, Preparation, and Order of Palpation); Methods of Palpation (Shih or Hsu and the Five Tsangs, Palpation of the Abdominal Halves, Palpation of the Five Tsangs and Mu Points, and The Beats of Hsu-li); General Conclusions.

Introduction; Summary of Yin/Yang and the Five Element Theories (Yin/Yang, Theory of the Five Elements, and Relationship Between the Two Theories); Quotations from the Nei Ching (Explanation of Terms, Translation and Commentary).

Preservation of Life; Readings from the Nei Ching (Explanation of Terms, Translation and Commentary); Summary (Nurturance of the Spirit, Development of the Body, Regulation of the Diet and Daily Activities, and the Adaptation to External Environment and the Avoidance of External Attacks).

Introduction; Readings from the Nei Ching (Explanation of Terms; Translation and Commentary).

Analysis of the Causes of Various Disease-Conditions; Description of Signs and Symptoms; Quotations from the Nei Ching (Explanation of Terms, Translation and Commentary).

Readings from the Nei Ching (Explanation of Terms, Translation and Commentary).