Syndrome differentiation and treatment:
1. Activate the liver function
The liver is located below the diaphragm and in the right rib-side. The liver "pertains to yin in entity and yang in function". This is the physiological characteristics of the liver. As one of the five zang-organs, the liver pertains to yin because it stores yin-blood. However in function the liver pertains to yang because yang-qi in the liver is very active and resolute, tending to disperse. That is why the liver is described as "a general-organ".
2. Strenthen the kidney metabolism
The kidney is located in the waist. That is why it is said in Huangdi Neijing that "the waist is the house of the kidney". The kidney stores essence and the essence transforms qi and produces blood. Besides, the kidney is the source of genuine yin and genuine yang. So the kidney is closely related with the essence, qi, blood, yin and yang. Since the kidney-essence comes from parents and is the primary substance for constituting human body and conceiving new life, TCM regards the kidney as "the prenatal base of life".
3. Make the heart stronger
The function of the heart to govern blood means that the heart propels blood to circulate in the vessels and that the heart is related to the production of blood. Blood circulates inside the vessels. Since the heart is connected directly with the vessels, its beat is the motive power to propel blood to flow in the vessels. Thus a relatively independent blood circulation system is formed with the heart, the vessels and blood. Only under the propelling of the heart beat and the control of the vessels can blood normally circulate all through the body, in which the heart beat is key to blood circulation.
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.