New clinical thinking of Chinese and western medicine:five diagnostic methods and four differentiating approaches
In order to refine the essence of TCM diagnosis and highlight its unique advantages,this paper puts forward a new clinical thinking of traditional Chinese and western medicine with"five diagnostic methods and four differentiating approaches",and carries on an in-depth discussion.The"five diagnostic methods",based on obser-ving,listening,asking,and feeling pulses,includes examination in addition."Four differentiating approaches"is to clarify the location,pathogenic factors,evil and trend of the disease on the basis of"eight principles of syndrome differentiation".This diagnostic system serves as a beneficial supplement to traditional Chinese medicine's"eight principles of syndrome differentiation"and"viscera syndrome differentiation",facilitating the inheritance and ex-ploration of classic and ancient books of traditional Chinese medicine,reflecting on clinical treatment while promo-ting the formation of a more systematic,comprehensive,objective and detailed approach to TCM diagnosis.This will ultimately help improve clinical efficacy and advance the development of integration traditional Chinese and western medicine.
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