WANG Sicheng,ZHAO Linhua,TANG Rumeng,et al.Exploration on the Formation,Evolution,and Alienation of Syndrome Differentiation and Treatment[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2025,66(12):1202-1206.
WANG Sicheng,ZHAO Linhua,TANG Rumeng,et al.Exploration on the Formation,Evolution,and Alienation of Syndrome Differentiation and Treatment[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2025,66(12):1202-1206.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2025.12.002.
Exploration on the Formation,Evolution,and Alienation of Syndrome Differentiation and Treatment
Syndrome differentiation and treatment is an integral part of the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) diagnostic and therapeutic system, whose development exhibits distinct stages. This paper systematically reviews the evolutionary trajectory of syndrome differentiation and treatment, from symptom-based treatment in
Inner Canon of Yellow Emperor
(《黄帝内经》), to ZHANG Zhongjing's establishment of the disease-pulse-syndrome-treatment framework, through its application and development in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and finally to its recognition as a fundamental characteristic of TCM in modern times. However, the overemphasis on syndrome differentiation and treatment, coupled with a diminished focus on disease concepts, has led to its gradual alienation as the primary diagnostic and therapeutic model. The alienation mainly manifests as a tendency to prioritize syndrome over disease, resulting in the overgeneralization and limited application of the concept, and causing a lack of specificity in practice. This paper emphasizes that a correct understanding of syndrome differentiation and treatment is a necessary premise for the deve-lopment and improvement of the TCM diagnostic and therapeutic system. By integrating modern medical diagnosis to clarify disease targets and applying TCM thinking to extract common patterns of diseases, precise alignment between syndrome differentiation and treatment and modern clinical demands can be achieved, providing a reference for addressing the contemporary challenges of syndrome differentiation and treatment.
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