Syndrome differentiation and treatment in TCM
1. Urinary Bladder Oppressed by Heat
Mian symptoms: Frequent urination, burning heat sensation, fever, dry mouth, bitter taste, difficult to urinate.
Therapeutic method: Chinese herbal medicine is used to clear internal heat and toxic materials.
2. Excessive Heat in the Heart
Mian symptoms: dry mouth, painful urination, difficult to urinate, thirst, dry mouth, insomnia, red tongue, rapid pulse.
Therapeutic method: Chinese herbal medicine is used to clear away the heart-fire, and to cool blood.
3. Deficiency of Kidney and Liver Yin
Mian symptoms: dry mouth, hot flash, night sweat, tinnitus, insomnia, scanty urine, red tongue, rapid pulse.
Therapeutic method: Chinese herbal medicine is used to nourish Yin, regulating the balance of Yin and Yang.
4. Deficiency of Spleen and Kidney Yang
Mian symptoms: weakness, loss of appetite, fatigue, loose and thin stool, pale complexion, vertigo, tinnitus, weakness of limbs.
Therapeutic method: Chinese herbal medicine is used to tonify kidney and spleen to produce Qi and blood.
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.