Naturopathic Doctor


Acupuncture 455 : External Causes of Disease: A Comprehensive Study of the Endogenous and Exogenous Pathogens
5.0

James Ventresca, DOM

$100.00 USD

Downloadable Course in PDF, Text


  • Explain how climatic factors can become a cause of disease
  • Assess the influence of the constitution on predisposition to health or disease
  • Compare diagnostic signs of a strong or weak constitution
  • Discuss how excessive physical work and exercise can cause disease
  • Relate the significance of poor diet and eating habits as a cause of disease
  • Summarize the importance of paying attention to a patient's constitutional type
  • Interpret clinical meaning of changes in the tissues and other parts of the body
  • Recognize the importance of the tongue as a pillar of diagnosis
  • Integrate tongue and pulse diagnosis to confirm suspected patterns and indicate the presence of patterns not evident from other signs and symptoms
  • Recognize the frequency of tiredness as a complaint in Western patients, and utilize  methods of questioning to ascertain appropriate patterns of disharmony
  • Differentiate the clinical significance of feelings of cold, heat, and fever, and their different clinical significance in exterior and interior conditions
  • Justify the importance of questioning and observing the patient's emotional state
  • Recognize the significance of asking about menstruation, leucorrhoea, pregnancy, and childbirth
  • Examine children's symptoms, in the areas of digestion, respiration, sleep and immunization

Approved States/Territories
  • ALAlabama
  • AKAlaska
  • ABAlberta
  • ASAmerican Samoa
  • AZArizona
  • ARArkansas
  • AEArmed Forces all AE
  • AAArmed Forces Americas
  • APArmed Forces Pacific
  • BCBritish Columbia
  • CACalifornia
  • COColorado
  • CTConnecticut
  • DEDelaware
  • DCDistrict of Columbia
  • FMFederated States of Micronesia
  • FLFlorida
  • GAGeorgia
  • GUGuam
  • HIHawaii
  • IDIdaho
  • ILIllinois
  • INIndiana
  • IAIowa
  • KSKansas
  • KYKentucky
  • LALouisiana
  • MEMaine
  • MBManitoba
  • MHMarshall Islands
  • MDMaryland
  • MAMassachusetts
  • MIMichigan
  • MNMinnesota
  • MSMississippi
  • MOMissouri
  • MTMontana
  • NENebraska
  • NVNevada
  • NBNew Brunswick
  • NHNew Hampshire
  • NJNew Jersey
  • NMNew Mexico
  • NYNew York
  • NLNewfoundland and Labrador
  • NCNorth Carolina
  • NDNorth Dakota
  • MPNorthern Mariana Islands
  • NTNorthwest Territories
  • NSNova Scotia
  • NUNunavut
  • OHOhio
  • OKOklahoma
  • ONOntario
  • OROregon
  • PWPalau
  • PAPennsylvania
  • PEPrince Edward Island
  • PRPuerto Rico
  • QCQuebec
  • RIRhode Island
  • SKSaskatchewan
  • SCSouth Carolina
  • SDSouth Dakota
  • TNTennessee
  • TXTexas
  • UTUtah
  • VTVermont
  • VIVirgin Islands
  • VAVirginia
  • WAWashington
  • WVWest Virginia
  • WIWisconsin
  • WYWyoming
  • YTYukon