Traditional Diagnostic Methods
Bian Que Spinal Palpation and Eight-State Assessment
Explore Instructor You Licheng's spinal-palpation course, organized around observations of eight states, including softness, hardness, cold, and heat. Understand the relationship between studying individual regions and professional training.
About This Course
Course Introduction
Bian Que Spinal Palpation and Eight-State Assessment is taught by You Licheng. Materials center on spinal observation and palpation, listing eight states: soft, hard, cold, hot, deviated, tight, painful, and numb. They introduce how body regions and states are discussed within this traditional system.
The content covers the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine, linking eight-state observation with study topics in different regions. Further areas include You Family external therapies and bone-setting. First learn the regions, then compare tactile observation with other techniques. Palpation training and manual practice require professional guidance.
Learn Step by Step
What You Will Learn
Understand the eight states listed in the course and its palpation-based learning framework.
Understand how the course organizes neck, thoracic, lower-back, and other body-region topics.
Understand the relationship between observational material and further external-therapy study.
Understand that discussing tactile impressions cannot, on its own, establish an individual's medical diagnosis.
Course Structure
Course Outline
The first 10 entries of the course outline are shown below, retaining their original order and numbering.
- 01
Lesson 01: Historical Origins
- 02
Lesson 02: Technical Principles
- 03
Lesson 03: First Cervical Vertebra — Headache, Migraine, and Insomnia
- 04
Lesson 04: First Cervical Vertebra—Cervicogenic Hypertension, Dizziness, and Blurred Vision
- 05
Lesson 05: First Cervical Vertebra—Facial Paralysis; Second Cervical Vertebra—Hearing Loss and Tinnitus
- 06
Lesson 06: Second Cervical Vertebra—Reduced Vision and Cervicogenic Hypertension
- 07
Lesson 07: Third Cervical Vertebra—Trigeminal Neuralgia and Acne
- 08
Lesson 08: Third Cervical Vertebra—Eczema and Throat Foreign-Body Sensation
- 09
Lesson 09: Third Cervical Vertebra—Toothache and Hyperthyroidism
- 10
Lesson 10: Fourth Cervical Vertebra—Runny Nose, Nasal-Allergy Symptoms, Hearing Loss, and Deafness