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Index
Cover
Title Page
Contents
Foreword by Dr. Kenji Watanabe
Author’s Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Context
Definition of Fukushin
1. Language and terminology
2. Form and function
3. Seeing and touching
Fukushin in diagnosis and treatment
1. The abdomen in the diagnostic hierarchy of Kampo
2. The purpose of the abdominal exam
3. Fukushin Constitutional Patterns (Tai Shitsu Sho 体質証)
4. Fukushin Disease Patterns (Byo Sho 病証)
5. Fukushin Formula Patterns (Yakusho 薬証)
2. History
Fukushin in other TJM disciplines
1. The abdomen in Finger Pressure Massage (Shiatsu 指圧)
2. The abdomen in Acupuncture (Hari 針)
History and development of Fukushin in the Kampo tradition
1. Classical origins (Han dynasty, 206 BCE–220 CE)
2. Early development (6th–13th centuries CE)
3. The influence of Jin-Yuan China (14th–16th centuries CE)
4. “Return to the classics” in the Edo period (1603–1863)
5. Introduction of modern medicine in the Meiji period (1868–1912)
6. Renaissance of Kampo in modern Japan (1920–present)
7. The Otsuka lineage
3. Methodology
The abdominal exam—technique
1. Preparation and materials
2. Posture and positioning
3. Breathing
4. Pressure
5. Exam techniques and sequence (illustrated)
4. Interpretation
Clinical findings in the abdominal exam
Morphology
Morphology, charting and interpretation
1. Empty Abdomen 腹力弱(虚) (Fuku Ryoku Jyaku [Kyo])
2. Full Abdomen 腹滿 (Fuku Man)
Disease Findings
3. Epigastric Obstruction Resistance 心下痞硬 (Shin Ka Hi Ko)
4. Epigastric Obstruction 心下痞 (Shin Ka Hi)
5. Hypochondriac Painful Fullness胸脅苦滿 (Kyo Kyo Ku Man)
6. Hypochondriac Obstruction Resistance 脅下痞硬 (Kyo Ka Hi Ko)
7. Epigastric “Splash” Sound 心下部振水音 (Shin Ka Bu Shin Sui On)
8. Inside Spasm 裡急 (Ri Kyu)
9. Lower Abdomen Tight Spasm 少腹拘急 (Sho Fuku Ko Kyu)
10. Cardiac/Epigastric/Lower Abdominal Pulsations 心悸 / 心下悸 / 臍下悸 (Shin Ki/Shin Ka Ki/Sei Ka Ki)
11. Lower Abdomen Lacking Benevolence少腹不仁 (Sho Fuku Fu Jin)
12. Lower Abdominal Fullness/Lower Abdominal Resistant Fullness 少腹滿 / 少腹硬滿 (Sho Fuku Man/Sho Fuku Ko Man)
13. Navel Spastic Knot Point 臍部急結 (Sai Bu Kyu Ketsu) Terasawa Oketsu (Yu Xue) 瘀血 Point
14. Lower Abdomen Spastic Knot 少腹急結 (Sho Fuku Kyu Ketsu) Otsuka Oketsu (Yu Xue) 瘀血 Point
Summary of findings
1. Excess and Deficiency findings
2. Qi, Blood and Fluid findings
3. “Herb family” findings
5. Conclusion
Why I wrote this book
The importance of Sho (証)
Evidence is more powerful than logic?
Definitions of evidence
Evidence in the clinical setting
Evidence and context
Evidence and science
Parting words
Selected Bibliography
Romaji/Pinyin/English Formula Cross-Reference
Glossary of Selected Terms
Subject Index
Author Index
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Acknowledgements
Copyright
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