✵TCM diagnostics is the science and practice of diagnosis. It mainly comprises disease identification, disease differentiation, syndrome differentiation, syndrome pattern identification, and syndrome manifestation.
Introduction of TCM Diagnostics.
Introduction: The main content of TCM Diagnostics are introduced as:
Diagnostics: the science and practice of diagnosis.
Diagnosis: determination of the nature of a disease and the state of health of the patient based on information collected through inspection, inquiry and examination.
Disease Identification: determination of the category of a disease, also known as disease differentiation.
Disease differentiation: act of distinguishing one category of disease from others, also known as disease identification.
Syndrome differentiation: also known as pattern identification, determination of the location, cause and nature of a disease as well as the trend of its development at a certain period of a case in the light of traditional Chinese medicine theories.
Syndrome pattern: one of the commonly encountered and typical syndromes with a well-established name.
Syndrome manifestation: manifestation of a syndrome, including symptoms and signs.
Introduction: The main content of TCM Diagnostics are introduced as:
