Fracture:
Fracture refers to the breaking of continuity or integrity of the bone due to violent external forces. Its main clinical symptoms are local pain, swelling, functional disturbance, deformity, abnormal movement and bony crepitus. Fracture is a kind of disease commonly and frequently encountered in clinic. A systematic theory has been developed and rich clinical experience has been accumulated during a long period of practice. Excellent effects have been achieved in reduction manipulation, splint fixation, functional exercise and herbal treatment. Their results are satisfactory in relieving the patients’ sufferings, shortening the therapeutic courses and recovering the functions.

Dislocation:  
Dislocation means that the articular epiphyseal surface is broken away from its normal location, with articular dysfunction. The main clinical symptoms are localized pain, swelling, functional disturbance, articular malformation, vacancy of the glenoid cavity, and elastic fixation. Articular dislocation is also a kind of commonly encountered traumatic disease.

Injury of muscle and tendon:
Injury of muscle and tendon refers to the traumas caused by sprain, contusion, stabbing and cut of such tissues as skin, muscle, fascia, tendon and ligament, cartilage, peripheral nerves and great blood vessels. The domain of injury of muscle and tendon is large, including various acute and chronic injuries of soft tissues all over the body. The clinical symptoms are various.

Internal traumatic syndrome:  
This means the visceral injuries and the subsequent dysfunction of qi and blood, viscera and meridians. The main symptoms are bleeding, pain, fever, flatulence and coma. The main injury may be summarized as qi injury and blood injury.