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TCM Basic Theory, Diagnostics, Materia Medica & Formulas (中医基础、诊断、中药与方剂)

Comprehensive foundation of Traditional Chinese Medicine: (1) Basic Theory: Yin-Yang philosophical polarity, Five Elements (Wu Xing) inter-promotion and inter-acting dynamics, Zang-Fu organ functions and interactions (Heart housing Shen, Liver storing Blood and governing free coursing, Spleen governing transformation and transportation and holding blood, Lung governing Qi and respiration and regulating water passages, Kidney storing Jing and governing water), Qi-Blood-Body Fluid dynamics, etiology (Six Exogenous Evils, Seven Emotional Factors, Phlegm-Fluid, Blood Stasis), and pathogenesis; (2) TCM Diagnostics: Four Diagnostic Methods—Inspection (facial complexion, tongue body color, shape, and coating), Auscultation and Olfaction (voice, coughing sounds, breath odor), Inquiry (Ten Questions / 十问歌: chills and fever, sweating, head/body pain, stools/urine, thirst, sleep), and Palpation (pulse diagnosis: floating, deep, rapid, slow, slippery, wiry, fine, choppy, surge, soggy, tight); Pattern Identification paradigms (Eight Principles, Zang-Fu, Six Channels, Wei-Qi-Ying-Blood, Triple Burner); (3) Chinese Materia Medica: Four Natures and Five Flavors, Ascending/Descending/Floating/Sinking tendencies, Channel Tropism, Toxicity, Processing (Pao Zhi), Compatibilities (Seven Emotions of herbal combinations), Contraindications (Eighteen Incompatibilities 十八反, Nineteen Mutual Antagonisms 十九畏, Pregnancy cautions), Dosage and administration; (4) Classic Formulas (方剂学): Hierarchy of formulation (Sovereign 君, Minister 臣, Assistant 佐, Envoy 使), dosage modifications, forms of delivery (decoction, powder, pill, plaster), and classic formulas (e.g., Ma Huang Tang, Xiao Chai Hu Tang, Bai Hu Tang, Li Zhong Wan, Si Ni Tang, Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang, Liu Wei Di Huang Wan, Shen Qi Wan, Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang, Wen Dan Tang, Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang, Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan, Zhen Wu Tang, Wu Mei Wan).

TCM Clinical Internal Medicine (中医内科学)

In-depth clinical diagnostic reasoning, syndrome differentiation, and therapeutic formulation across internal medicine specialties: (1) Pulmonary Disorders: Wind-Cold / Wind-Heat Common Cold (感冒), Cough (咳嗽 - exogenous vs endogenous, phlegm-damp, phlegm-heat, yin deficiency), Wheezing/Panting (喘证 - excess cold/heat vs kidney deficiency), Asthma (哮病 - cold vs heat triggers), Lung Abscess (肺痈), Pulmonary Consumption (肺痨); (2) Cardiac Disorders: Palpitations (心悸 - heart blood/yin deficiency, heart yang deficiency, phlegm-fire, blood stasis), Chest Bi / Angina Pectoris (胸痹心痛 - heart blood stasis, phlegm turbidity, cold congealing, qi deficiency), Insomnia (不寐 - heart-spleen deficiency, heart-kidney disharmony, liver fire); (3) Spleen-Stomach & Intestinal Disorders: Epigastric Pain (胃痛 - cold evil, food stagnation, liver qi invading stomach, spleen-stomach deficiency-cold), Fullness/Distention (痞满), Abdominal Pain (腹痛), Diarrhea (泄泻 - damp-heat, cold-damp, food damage, spleen deficiency, kidney yang dawn diarrhea), Dysentery (痢疾 - damp-heat, epidemic toxin, intermittent), Constipation (便秘 - heat, qi stagnation, qi/blood deficiency, cold); (4) Hepatobiliary Disorders: Hypochondriac Pain (胁痛 - liver qi depression, liver-gallbladder damp-heat, blood stasis), Jaundice (黄疸 - Yang Jaundice: damp-heat; Yin Jaundice: cold-damp), Abdominal Masses (积聚), Tympanites/Ascites (鼓胀 - qi/blood/water stagnation, spleen-kidney yang deficiency), Dizziness (眩晕 - liver yang rising, qi and blood deficiency, kidney jing deficiency, phlegm dampness), Stroke / Wind Strike (中风 - tense syndrome 闭证 vs flaccid syndrome 脱证, wind-phlegm, yin deficiency); (5) Renal & Urinary Disorders: Edema (水肿 - Yang Edema: wind-water, damp-toxin; Yin Edema: spleen/kidney yang deficiency), Strangury Syndromes (淋证 - heat, stone, blood, qi,膏, fat strangury), Retention of Urine (癃闭), Wasting-Thirst / Diabetes (消渴 - upper/middle/lower xiao); (6) Constitutional, Qi-Blood & Rheumatic Disorders: Melancholia/Depression (郁证), Bleeding Syndromes (血证 - epistaxis, hemoptysis, hematemesis, hematuria), Phlegm-Fluid Retention (痰饮), Bi Syndrome / Arthralgia (痹证 - wind, cold, damp, heat, stubborn phlegm-stasis), Flaccidity (痿证), Headache (头痛), Low Back Pain (腰痛).

TCM Surgery, Gynecology, Pediatrics & Acupuncture-Moxibustion (中医外妇儿与针灸)

Specialized clinical disciplines in Traditional Chinese Medicine: (1) TCM External Medicine / Surgery (中医外科学): Nomenclature, etiology, and differentiation of surgical sores (Yin sores vs Yang sores); Furuncles, Carbuncles, Phlegmons (疖、痈、发、有头疽、疔疮); Breast Disorders: Acute Mastitis (乳痈), Mammary Dysplasia / Fibroadenoma (乳癖); Thyroid Disorders (瘿病); Dermatological Conditions: Herpes Zoster (蛇串疮), Pityriasis Rosea (风热疮), Eczema (湿疮), Neurodermatitis (牛皮癣/白疕); Anorectal Diseases: Hemorrhoids (痔), Anal Fistula (肛漏), Rectal Prolapse (脱肛); Peripheral Vascular Diseases: Thromboangiitis Obliterans (脱疽); (2) TCM Gynecology (中医妇科学): Physiology of menstruation, leukorrhea, pregnancy, and childbirth; Menstrual Irregularities (advanced, delayed, erratic cycle), Abnormal Uterine Bleeding / Flooding and Spotting (崩漏), Dysmenorrhea (痛经), Amenorrhea (闭经); Morbid Leukorrhea (带下病); Pregnancy Disorders: Threatened Abortion (胎漏、胎动不安), Hyperemesis Gravidarum (妊娠恶阻), Gestational Hypertension / Eclampsia (子痫); Postpartum Disorders: Postpartum Fever (产后发热), Prolonged Lochia (恶露不绝), Postpartum Abdominal Pain (产后腹痛); Gynecological Masses (癥瘕) and Infertility (不孕症); (3) TCM Pediatrics (中医儿科学): Pediatric anatomical/physiological traits ('tender Zang-Fu, incomplete Qi' 脏腑娇嫩，形气未充; 'vigorous vitality, rapid development' 生机蓬勃，发育迅速); Pediatric Cough, Pneumonia Panting (肺炎喘嗽); Infantile Diarrhea (小儿泄泻), Food Accumulation (积滞), Anorexia (厌食), Malnutrition (疳证); Infantile Convulsions (Acute vs Chronic Jing Feng 急惊风、慢惊风); Childhood Eruptive Fevers: Chickenpox (水痘), Measles (麻疹), Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease (手足口病), Allergic Purpura (紫癜); (4) Acupuncture & Moxibustion (针灸学): Pathways of the 14 Meridians; Specific Acupoint Categories (Five Shu Points, Yuan-Source, Luo-Connecting, Xi-Cleft, Back-Shu, Front-Mu, Eight Confluent Points, Lower He-Sea); Precise anatomical locations, puncture depth, angles, and cautions; Needling and moxibustion techniques; Point combinations for common emergencies and clinical complaints (Headache, Facial Paralysis, Stroke closed/flaccid, Epigastric Pain, Dysmenorrhea, Low Back Pain).

Western Clinical Diagnostics & Infectious Diseases (西医诊断学基础与传染病学)

Essential Western medical diagnostic capabilities and infectious disease protocols: (1) Diagnostics Fundamentals (诊断学基础): Symptom analysis (fever curves, chest pain, dyspnea, jaundice, hematemesis/melena); Physical Examination: Vital signs, lymph node palpation, chest inspection/percussion, cardiac auscultation (valve areas, murmurs, heart sounds S1/S2/S3/S4), lung sounds (vesicular, bronchial, moist rales, dry wheezes), abdominal palpation (liver/spleen enlargement, Murphy's sign, peritoneal irritation signs: tenderness, rebound tenderness, muscular rigidity, shifting dullness), neurological assessment (deep tendon reflexes, pathological reflexes: Babinski sign, meningeal signs: neck stiffness, Kernig, Brudzinski); (2) Auxiliary Diagnostics: Electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation: Myocardial Infarction (ST elevation, pathological Q wave, T wave inversion), Arrhythmias (atrial fibrillation, PVCs, heart block), Electrolyte imbalances (hyperkalemia tall peaked T waves); Laboratory Testing: Complete Blood Count, Liver Function Tests (ALT, AST, Bilirubin), Renal Function (BUN, Cr), Arterial Blood Gases (ABG); (3) Infectious Diseases (传染病学): Viral Hepatitis (Hepatitis A, B, C, D, E; Hepatitis B serological markers: HBsAg, HBsAb, HBeAg, HBeAb, HBcAb); Pulmonary Tuberculosis (etiology, clinical manifestations, sputum smear acid-fast staining, chest X-ray findings); Epidemic Hemorrhagic Fever / HFRS (pathogenesis, three main signs: fever, bleeding, renal injury; five clinical phases); HIV/AIDS (stages, CD4+ T lymphocyte counts, opportunistic infections); Infection control and statutory reporting of Class A, B, and C notifiable communicable diseases; (4) Medical Ethics & Health Jurisprudence: PRC Medical Practitioners Law, patient informed consent, professional ethics, duty of confidentiality, and medical dispute prevention.