The process of syndrome differentiation in TCM is a complex thinking activity that requires doctors to distinguish between disease names and syndrome names and combine them to form a final diagnosis. Disease names and syndrome names are important concepts in TCM diagnosis, which represent the essential attributes of the disease and the staged manifestations of the disease, respectively. In TCM theory, disease names and syndrome names do not exist in isolation, but are related and mutually influential. Therefore, doctors need to comprehensively consider the relationship between the name of the disease and the name of the syndrome when making a diagnosis in order to obtain an accurate diagnosis.
There are various ways to name diseases and syndromes in traditional Chinese medicine, some are named after symptoms, such as fever, edema, diarrhea, etc.; Some are named after diseases, such as paralysis, impotence, syncope, etc.; There are also those named after syndromes, such as sun syndrome, asthma syndrome, damp temperature syndrome, etc. These nomenclature patterns reflect the in-depth understanding and summary of diseases in TCM. However, due to the long-term confusion of the concepts of disease, syndrome and symptom in history, the names of TCM disease syndromes are not uniform. This situation has brought great difficulties to the standardization of TCM diagnosis.
In order to solve this problem, the TCM community needs to strengthen the in-depth research on the concepts of diseases, syndromes and symptoms, and clarify the differences and connections between them. At the same time, it is also necessary to strengthen the formulation and promotion of TCM diagnostic standards, standardize the use of disease and syndrome names, and improve the accuracy and reliability of TCM diagnosis. Only in this way can we better play the role of traditional Chinese medicine in safeguarding people's health.
The late Mr. Cheng Menxue, a famous doctor, once put forward a unique insight into the collation of TCM disease names, and he was well aware of the troubles caused by the confusion of disease names to beginners. In his opinion, the phenomenon of several names for one disease and one number for one person is a major problem in the sorting out of disease names in traditional Chinese medicine. He pointed out that the indifference to the names of diseases and the arbitrary naming of diseases when writing books and speeches are the root cause of this situation. If you understand a disease based on its name alone, it is easy to make mistakes. Therefore, he advocated that in the current situation, the most appropriate way is to seek fame from illness and prove the law.
Mr. Cheng Menxue's views not only reveal the historical roots of the mixed names of TCM diseases, but also highlight the difficulty of unifying disease names. However, he did not give up because of this, but put forward the idea of using evidence to determine the law, emphasizing the importance of determining the method by evidence under the existing conditions. The proposal of this point of view undoubtedly provides valuable guidance for the clinical practice of traditional Chinese medicine, so that doctors can more accurately judge the condition and choose the appropriate method in the face of complex diseases.
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