Reading the Body: Ohashi's Book of Oriental Diagnosis

"I am teaching Homeopathic medicine and find this book a wonderful assest in teacing my students how to read the body for ailments before they appear as symptoms. Nicely presented book."
~ Written on 2008-01-19

"I found this book to be an excellent source of information. I especially appreciate how the author compares and contrasts western medicine with oriental medicine. That alone gave me a wonderful perspective to start with. If you are interested in alternative health and not fond of medical/pharmaceutical answers, this book is a super resource. The included body/organ diagrams are very helpful. "
~ Written on 2007-03-31

"Great book and resource for students and everyone else"
~ Written on 2006-08-07

"This book is based more on traditional asian beliefs and leaves science and medical research behind. Though I do believe in energy meridians and that there is a mind body conection, I find it hard to belive some of what I read (i.e. if you have large nostrils then you have strong lungs, if you have small nostrils, you have weak lungs, if you have a large nostril on the right and a small one on the left, you have a strong right lung and a weak left lung.... what about DNA? genetics? Can't it mean your mom or dad had a big honker??) The author states that many generations ago people have happier faces because they were more spiritualy balanced. ( I've seen pictures of my great grand parents and they looked like they weren't too happy, they had a hard way of life) He writes that now people are getting longer canine teeth and pointed ears because we eat too much meat and use cell phones too much ( there are pictures drawn that show a wolf-boy face with vampire fangs and pointed "vulcan" ears). The book had some interesting theories, but I wouldn't totally ignore what the AMA has to say either."
~ Written on 2006-01-07

"Mort is right. This book helps you to recognize what organs in your body are not working as well as they could be from diet, etc. Such as white dots people have under their eyes have to do with too much fat in the diet. White dots in the lips have to do with blood not flowing properly through the small intestines & poor digestion or food allergies. How your shoes are worn down even shows organ health, much less your nails (ridges mean a lot, shape, etc.), laugh lines have to do with digestion, lines between the eyes have to do with liver, etc., etc. etc. It is very true & I have had many of these signs & they have disappeared by changing my diet.
This book is laid out very simple for anyone to follow even with those who find their local newspaper hard to read due to complicated volcabulary. The MANY simple but accurate drawings make it easy to compare to your own body or friend's as well.

To the reviewer who doesn't believe, Chinese Medicine has been around for thousands of years & people are realizing it has many truths for it, especially for long-term diseases since they are due to the body being unable to deal with poor diet, environmental toxins, poor sleep habits, etc.
Many studies have proven it's not fat, sugar in a diet that kills you, it's the TYPE of fat or sugar. Many pacific islanders, Asians, Eskimos live on high fat diet but never had cancer or heart disease... not until we came around & introduced CANDY BARS... processed chemical-laded baked goods...
Has Western medicine cured cancer or heart disease? Even they admit most has to do these factors, but they make no money telling you to change your diet & no body wants to bother, they just want a pill that masks the body's attempts to let you know something is wrong before it's too late. Every day more people are finally getting off processed artificial foods and toxins because finally enough people know that is the culprit and spreading the word out verbally and their their good health & good moods.
Many studies have proven genetics does play 1/3 of your chance of getting cancer/diabetes, heart disease, but that leaves 2/3 up to your own lifestyle choices. If you have good health, you mind will work better, you daily mood will be better, therefore better work, more quality friends, and so on like dominoes for a happy, satisfying life. "
~ Written on 2005-03-04