✵The Syndrome Differentiation of TCM is the process of an overall analysis of data to determine the location, cause, and nature of a person's syndrome and achieve a diagnosis of a syndrome or pattern.
The eight-principle syndrome differentiation, also known as eight-principle pattern identification, is the the process of diagnosis a syndrome(or pattern) by analyzing the patient's condition according to the eight principles. i.e., differentiating the location of a disease between exterior and interior, distinguishing the nature of a disease between cold and heat, identifying the patient's condition as deficiency or excess, and generalizing the syndrome or pattern as yin or yang.
Six-meridian syndrome differentiation
The six-meridian syndrome differentiation, also known as six-meridian pattern identification, is the differentiation of syndromes(or identification of patterns) in accordance with the theory of the six meridians, applied to the diagnosis of acute febrile disease at different stages, but also useful for the syndrome differentiation(or identification of patterns) of other diseases.
The Defense-Qi-Nutrient-Blood Syndrome Differentiation, also known as Four-aspect Pattern Identification, is syndrome differentiation or pattern identification of epidemic febrile diseases in accordance with the theory of defense, Qi, nutrient, and blood which indicate the stages of the course with corresponding pathological changes.
Triple-Energizer syndrome differentiation
The Triple-Energizer syndrome differentiation, also known as Triple-Energizer Pattern Identification, is syndrome differentiation or pattern identification in accordance with the theory of the triple energizer.
Qi-blood syndrome differentiation
The Qi-blood syndrome differentiation, also known as Qi-Blood Pattern Identification, is the differentiation of syndromes or identification of patterns according to the state of Qi and blood.
Body-fluid syndromes differentiation
The Body-fluid syndromes differentiation, also known as Body-fluid Pattern Identification, is the differentiation of syndromes or identification of patterns according to the condition of body fluids.
Disease-cause syndrome differentiation
The Disease-cause syndrome differentiation, also known as disease-cause pattern identification, is analysis and differentiation of pathological conditions attributable to different kinds of causal factors for making the diagnosis.
Zang-Fu viscera syndrome differentiation
The Zang-Fu viscera syndrome differentiation, also known as Viscera Pattern Identification, is differentiation of syndromes or identification of patterns according to the pathological changes of Zang-Fu viscera.