This book is organized around the "four pillars" of TCM diagnosis: inspection, inquiry, listening and smelling, and palpation. Along with illustrative tables and images, it systematically explains each aspect, then presents a series of review questions that will cultivate a deeper understanding.

A comprehensive self-examination consisting of 200 multiple choice questions, with a separate key to the answers, tests the reader's knowledge of the important points of each aspect of diagnosis. These questions, many of which are presented in case study format, will help students prepare for board certification exams.