InternalmedicineofTCMisaclinicalscienceofexpoundingandresearchingdiseasesinthecircleofinternalmedicineandtheprinciplesofpreventionandcureonthebaseofTCMtheoryandmethods.Itisabaseoftheotherclinicalsciences,playinganimportantroleinTCM.Sincethewrittenlanguage...[继续阅读]

    Thefourtechniquesofdiagnosisareuniquemethodsmanifestedasdiagnosingdiseasesfromoutsidetoinside,fromnormalcytoabnormalityandfromsymptomtodisease.WiththemTCMunderstandsandgraspshistoriesofdiseases,symptomsandphysicalsigns.Afterthatbyapplyingthetheoryandprinc...[继续阅读]

    DifferentiationofsyndromesinTCMmeansamethodusedtodeterminethenatureandlocationofthepathologicalchanges,basedonacomprehensiveanalysisofalltheclinicaldataofthepatientssuchasmedicalhistory,symptomandphysicalsignobtainedbymeansofinspection,auscultationandolfa...[继续阅读]

    Adiseasehasvariouscomplexphenomenainitsdevelopment.Inhandlingadiseaseadoctormustsearchforitsprimarycause.Takeheadacheasanexample.Itmaybecausedbyattackofexogenouspathogens,deficiencyofblood,phlegm-dampness,bloodstasisandexcessiveliver-yang,inaccordancewith...[继续阅读]

    Thereisthestrugglebetweenvitalqiandpathogensinthedevelopmentofadisease.Forthetreatmentofadiseasemeasuresofstrengtheningthebodyresistanceandeliminatingpathogenicfactorsshouldbetaken.Strengtheningthebodyresistanceistosupportvitalqi,usingmedicinalherbsandoth...[继续阅读]

    Generallyspeaking,Biao(i.e.incidental)referstotheappearanceofthediseasewhileBen(i.e.fundamental)totheessenceofthedisease.Inthetreatmentofthediseaseattentionhastobepaidtomakesureoftherelationbetweentheappearanceandtheessenceofthedisease.ThemeaningofBiaoand...[继续阅读]

    Thetraditionaltreatmentsfallintoeightcategorieswhicharereferredtoaseighttherapeuticmethods:diaphoresis,emesis,purgation,regulating,warming,heat-reducing,tonificationandelimination.Theycanbeappliedseparatelyorincombinationwitheachother.A.DiaphoresisItisapp...[继续阅读]

    Theoccurrenceanddevelopmentofadiseaseareinfluencedbyvariousfactors.Therefore,intreatingadiseasewemusttakeintoconsiderationallfactorscontributingtoit,makeaconcreteanalysisofconcreteconditionsanddealwiththemindifferentways,therebyworkingoutapropermethodoftr...[继续阅读]

    Thistechniqueisappliedtoanalyzeandgeneralizesignsandsymptomsofdiseasesadoptedbyfourdiagnosticmethodsandsummarizedinaccordancewiththeeightprincipalsyndromesandthetheoryofvisceralmanifestationinordertoinferetiopathology,tospotthelocationandjudjethenatureofp...[继续阅读]

    Thisisoneofthemethodsofdifferentialdiagnosisforexopathicdiseases,putforwardbyZhangZhongjing,adistinguishedphysicianintheEastenHanDynastyofthe3rdcentury.InaccordancewiththeguidingprincipleofthetheoryofthevisceraandchannelsandcollateralsinTCM,thistheorydivi...[继续阅读]