Main features of Diagnosis from the Eastern standpoint. The rol of Yi, and the profound implications in the treatment.

1. Barcelona, July 4, 2009 D i a g n o s i s: an integrative process

2. Goals and procedures Goals and procedures D i a g n o s i s D i a g n o s i s

5. Diagnosis: goals and procedures E A S T E R N M E D I C I N E . Healthy state Pathological state Correction by herbal medicine From inside to outside Return to the healthy state Return to the healthy state Correction by acupuncture From outside to inside Healthy Zang Fu Healthy channels Altered channels Altered Zang Fu

7. Diagnosis: goals and procedures E A S T E R N M E D I C I N E . Contact therapy: DATA GATHERING AND ARRANGEMENT Using the 4 methods With two [mental/Shen] tools to process data REASONING PERCEIVING Gather information in orderly way Gather information in orderly more global way Compare this information with previous learned knowledge Check how the data resonates within oneself Deduct the pattern Remain open and alert Decide the correct action Decide the correct action. Give a name to that action. Western Medicine Herbal Medicine / dietary recommendations

8. Diagnosis: goals and procedures Contact therapy: DATA GATHERING AND ARRANGEMENT E A S T E R N M E D I C I N E . Western Medicine Herbal Medicine / dietary recommendations REASONING All diagnosis theories and models Theoretical support

9. Diagnosis: goals and procedures LING SHU chapt. 1 Contact therapy: DATA GATHERING AND ARRANGEMENT Theoretical support E A S T E R N M E D I C I N E . PERCEIVING The crude attend to the form, the superior attend to the spirit. The crude attend to the junctures and the superior attend to the dynamic The movement in the dynamic is not separate from its empty spaces The dynamic within this empty space is clear, still and subtle Those who understand the way of the dynamic, will not impede it and thus it manifests Western Medicine Herbal Medicine / dietary recommendations If one clearly understands the contrary and normal [flow of Qi], then you can act correctly without doubt or question

10. Diagnosis: goals and procedures Whether meeting it or following it, by means of one’s attention, one harmonizes it. Whether meeting it or following it, by means of one’s attention, one harmonizes it. This is all there is to say with regard to the way of needling. LING SHU chapt. 1 Contact therapy: DATA GATHERING AND ARRANGEMENT Theoretical support E A S T E R N M E D I C I N E . PERCEIVING By meeting it and taking it away, how could one not achieve depletion [of Qi] By pursuing and assisting it, how could one not achieve repletion [of Qi] Western Medicine Herbal Medicine / dietary recommendations

11. Diagnosis: goals and procedures Correct reasoning capacities Access to organized knowledge (bibliography) Good memory Contact therapy: DATA GATHERING AND ARRANGEMENT Requires & entails E A S T E R N M E D I C I N E . Western Medicine Herbal Medicine / dietary recommendations REASONING

12. Diagnosis: goals and procedures Contact therapy: DATA GATHERING AND ARRANGEMENT Requires & entails E A S T E R N M E D I C I N E . PERCEIVING Western Medicine Herbal Medicine / dietary recommendations REASONING Deep understanding of Qi Ji Deep understanding of the relation among Xie and Zheng Qi Be and remain open Correct reasoning capacities Access to organized knowledge (bibliography) Good memory

13. Diagnosis: goals and procedures Yi Brain hemispheres work together [DTI: Diffusion Tensor Imaging] Contact therapy: DATA GATHERING AND ARRANGEMENT E A S T E R N M E D I C I N E . PERCEIVING Western Medicine Herbal Medicine / dietary recommendations REASONING Organized intelligence Awareness

14. Diagnosis: goals and procedures Contact therapy: DATA GATHERING AND ARRANGEMENT E A S T E R N M E D I C I N E . PERCEIVING Western Medicine Herbal Medicine / dietary recommendations REASONING Start gathering info Start calming reasoning Approaching Approaching Reasoning & data arrangement Opening and resonating Reason helps to produce awareness Awareness helps to guide reason CORRECT WAY OF ACTION expressed as DIAGNOSIS Organized intelligence Awareness

15. Diagnosis: goals and procedures Contact therapy: DATA GATHERING AND ARRANGEMENT E A S T E R N M E D I C I N E . PERCEIVING Western Medicine Herbal Medicine / dietary recommendations REASONING

16. Diagnosis: goals and procedures Contact therapy: DATA GATHERING AND ARRANGEMENT E A S T E R N M E D I C I N E . PERCEIVING Western Medicine Herbal Medicine / dietary recommendations REASONING Start gathering info Start calming reasoning Approaching Approaching Reasoning & data arrangement Opening and resonating Reason helps to produce awareness Awareness helps to guide reason CORRECT WAY OF ACTION Expressed as diagnosis Organized intelligence Awareness

17. Diagnosis: goals and procedures Contact therapy: DATA GATHERING AND ARRANGEMENT E A S T E R N M E D I C I N E . Western Medicine Herbal Medicine / dietary recommendations LING SHU, chapt. 1, line 3: to the form to the spirit The crude attends The superior attends

18. Diagnosis: goals and procedures Contact therapy: DATA GATHERING AND ARRANGEMENT E A S T E R N M E D I C I N E . Western Medicine Herbal Medicine / dietary recommendations LING SHU, chapt. 1, line 3: to the form to the spirit The crude attends The superior attends

19. Diagnosis: goals and procedures Western Medicine Herbal Medicine / dietary recommendations Contact therapy: DATA GATHERING AND ARRANGEMENT E A S T E R N M E D I C I N E . Embrace the random Find the pattern Know the difference

20. Barcelona, July 4, 2009 Script & Direction: Manuel Rodríguez Realization & graphics : Rayén Antón Thanks for the graphics of: V. Van Gogh P. Picasso H. Matisse S. Birch Scientific American