Discussion on the definition and diagnostic criteria of diseases in traditional Chinese medicine internal medicine
Definition is an important tool to clarify the concept and promote communication.Traditional Chinese and Western medicine internal science mostly uses the method of'genus plus species difference'in the definition of logic theory to define diseases.In the model of disease definition in traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)internal medicine,'genus'is a disease,and'species difference'is mainly a disease.This definition model has some defects,such as not reflecting the nature of the disease,leading to the absence of the essence of TCM treatment based on disease differentiation,blurring the boundary between symptoms and diseases,leading to the possibility of too wide and too narrow definitions,and causing uncertainty and incompleteness of clinical diagnosis.Diagnostic criteria are another important aspect of disease judgment.Because of the adoption of the definition model of'species difference'based on the main symptoms in TCM internal medicine,the diagnostic criteria are vague or even absent.TCM should adjust the disease definition model and develop diagnostic criteria to meet the needs of today's medical development.
Definition of diseaseLogicTreatment based on disease differentiationDiagnostic criteria
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