Syndrome differentiation and treatment:
TCM lays the emphasis of integrality, individualization, and Yin and yang when treating diseases. TCM diagnoses and treats an illness based on an overall analysis of the disease, together with the patient's conditions. So, heredity, constitution, psychology, traits of character, natural and social environment will be considered as causes of the disease. The purpose of TCM treatment is to regulate the balance of Yin and Yang, the harmoney of Qi and blood, the coordination between the Zang-Fu function, thus regaining health. In TCM, Oral Lichen Planus is caused by two contributing factors:

1. Internal damages for the seven emtions (joy, anger, sorrow, thinking, sadness, fear, frighten).
2. Infected by cold, heat, dryness.
So, TCM treatment is to improve the liver, the heart, and the spleen. And at the same time TCM helps to regulate the balance of Yin and Yang, strengthen body resistance and eliminate evil.

In Chinese medicine, when treating a disease, the doctors take everything into into consideration, including climatic changes, environmental variations, emotional changes, the diet, the urine and the stool, the sleep, and the disorder of sex life. That is the feature of the Three Pathogens Theory in TCM. This etiology doctrine built on the basis of the macro methodology entirely differs from that of Western medicine. It is on the basis of the microscopic and pathologic anatomy. But it is exactly a biological, psychological, social and new medical model that Western medicine is attempting to pursue. While Chinese medicine established its own system with this medical model two thousand years ago.

Chinese doctor doesn’t considers static anatomy as a starting point for understanding the diseases, and does not rely on detection equipments. On the contrary, Chinese doctor depends on the unique ways of TCM diagnosis to experience and study the human dynamic life information. Also it is based on syndrome differentiation to guide the disease therapy. This method not only can save a lot of examination fees for patients, but also can help doctors exchange with patients more closely, thus reflecting a real humanistic spirit.