Theory of “correspondence between recipe and syndrome” emphasizes a certain recipe for treatment of a certain syndrome.It is a method for studying application rules of drugs in clinical recipes

originating from Treatise on Fevers

and gradually maturates and perfects through elaboration and practice of medical experts of past ages.Along with modern studies on Chinese medicine going into deep

application of modern medicine

biology

electric information technique and other methods to studies on TCM have become an important tendency.The present paper summarizes history and present situation of the studies on “correspondence between recipe and syndrome”

and puts forward that data-excavating technique should be led into the studies of “correspondence between recipe and syndrome”

so as to reveal the rules between recipe and syndrome and improve clinical levels.