In Chinese medicine, followings are the therapy methods:
1. Evils invading the lungs
Manifestations: fever with aversion to cold, less sweat, cough with less phlegm, stabbing pain in chest, dry mouth and bitter taste, thin and white coating.
Therapy methods: harmonizing Shaoyang, activating meridians to stop pain.
2. Evils interfering with liver
Manifestations: pain in the chest and hypochondrium when coughing, distension in the chest, shortness of breath, white and greasy tongue coating.
Therapy methods: tonifying spleen, promoting the flow of water.
3. Blood and Qi stagnation
Manifestations:
Therapy methods:
4. Deficiency of lung Yin
Manifestations: pain in the chest and hypochondrium, deformation of thorax, blue and slippery tongue coating.
Therapy methods: nourishing yin and clearing heat, reduce phlegm and promote the flow of qi
5. Deficency of kidney and spleen
Manifestations: shortness of breath, chest distension, face and limbs edema, fatigue, white coating.
Therapy methods: tonifying spleen and kidney,
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.