The combination of disease and Zheng (syndrome) on the basic of differentiation of six channels: a new pattern of disease diagnosis and treatment of traditional Chinese medicine

• Main Authors: Xue Yang, Xiong-Zhi Wu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hong Kong Gold Orchid Science and Technology Co., Limited 2017-04-01
• Series: Traditional Medicine Research
• Subjects: Traditional Chinese medicine; Zheng (syndrome); Differentiation of six channels; Treatment based on syndrome differentiation
• Online Access: http://www.tmrjournal.com/EN/Y2017/V2/I2/100

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) was formed two thousand years ago, and developed in the following centuries. TCM has a unique way of looking at health and illness. Zheng (syndrome) is the basic unit and key term in TCM theory. Zheng is the pathological generalization of a certain stage in the development of disease. Treatment based on syndrome differentiation and disease differentiation of TCM is the basic principle to know and treat diseases,and a kind of special method to study diseases in TCM. In Han Dynasty (200 AD), doctor Zhang Zhongjing proposed Liujing Bianzheng (the differential diagnosis in accordance with the theory of six channels) to diagnose and treat diseases in Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases. In other words, he divided diseases into six channels diseases based on patient’s Zhengs. Six channels diseases almost include all of the disease according to his classification standards. In addition, there are development rules in the progress of six channels diseases.Therefore, we hypothesized that combination of six channels disease and Zheng on the basic of differentiation of six channels is a new pattern of diagnosis and treatment diseases in TCM, which is beneficial to the understanding of a certain disease and makes disease treatment more convenient, fast and effective.