中医学很早就把小儿囟门的望诊和切诊作为诊断的重要手段.较为全面的描述始见于<诸病源候论>,其后<千金方>、<外台秘要>、<太平圣惠方>、<小儿药证直诀>、<幼幼新书>等许多医籍亦有论述,囟门诊法已成为中医小儿诊法的一种重要手段.
The inspection and palpation was regarded as an important diagnostic method in the early traditional Chinese medicine. The more detail description was firstly seen in Zhubingyuanhoulun (Treatise on the Causes and syndromes of Diseases). After that, many medical books, such as Qianjinfang (Thousand Golden Prescriptions), Waitaimiyao (The Medical Secrets of an Official), Taipingshenghuifang(The Peaceful Holy Benevolent Prescriptions), Xiaoeryaoshengzhijue (Key to Therapeutics of Children's Diseases) and Youyouxinshu(A New Book of Pediatrics) etc. already became the important technique in the diagnosis of children diseases.