Classification of symptoms and signs in clinical term system of traditional Chinese medicine
10.3969/j.issn.1671-3982.2015.10.016
- VernacularTitle:"中医临床术语系统的""症状体征""分类探讨"
- Author:
Yan DONG
;
Meng CUI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Symptoms and signs;
Classification of symptoms;
Clinical term system of traditional Chinese medicine
- From:Chinese Journal of Medical Library and Information Science
2015;24(10):77-80
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
After the concept of symptoms in traditional Chinese medicine was defined, the classification of symp-toms in traditional Chinese medicine and the characteristics of clinical diagnosis and treatment in traditional Chinese medicine were described .It was suggested that the symptoms in traditional Chinese medicine should be classified into 3 kinds, namely symptoms and signs according to the 4 diagnostic methods, symptoms and signs according to the diagnostic devices, symptoms and signs according to the physical constitutions of patients in order to lay a foun-dation for improving the classification in clinical term system of traditional Chinese medicine.
