First, the medical diagnosis uses four diagnostic methods (inspection, smell, questioning and pulse) to understand the condition, and then analyzes and synthesizes it to determine eight categories (exterior-interior, cold-heat, excess and deficiency, yin and yang). According to pathological changes such as etiology, viscera position, qi, blood and body fluid, and according to syndrome attributes, the treatment method is decided and the corresponding drugs are adopted, which is "syndrome differentiation and treatment". There are many methods of syndrome differentiation, each with its own characteristics, but they are all interrelated and complementary, and the eight-program syndrome differentiation is the general program. Treatment based on syndrome differentiation is the characteristic and essence of TCM, and it is the basic principle of TCM in treating diseases: treatment is based on specific means and methods of syndrome differentiation, and "strengthening the body resistance" and "eliminating evil" are two important principles of TCM in treating diseases. "Fuzheng" is to enhance the human body's resistance to overcome diseases, and to improve the physiological function by supplementing qi and nourishing blood, nourishing yin and strengthening yang, while "eliminating evil" is to eliminate pathogenic factors by expelling wind and cold, clearing away heat and toxic materials and diuresis, thus limiting and preventing the development of diseases. There are many kinds of traditional Chinese medicines in food with different properties. Diseases are divided into cold and heat, and their medicinal properties are different; The disease is from the exterior to the interior, and the medicinal properties are different from the ups and downs; Although diseases are different in zang-fu organs and meridians, the medicinal properties of drugs are also different in meridian tropism. Therefore, the properties of traditional Chinese medicine are four qi (cold and heat, warm and cool), five flavors (bitter and bitter), ascending and descending, and meridian tropism. Cold-cooling drugs have the functions of clearing away heat and purging fire, detoxifying and cooling blood, and treating heatstroke; Warming drugs can warm the middle warmer, help yang and dredge the pulse. , often used to treat cold syndrome; Rise and fall are four trends of drugs acting on human body; Meridian tropism of drugs refers to the selective effect of drugs on a certain part of the body.
Traditional Chinese medicine also treats diseases according to their differentiation, which is different from the theory mentioned above. Disease is the external manifestation of disease, but treatment based on syndrome differentiation is the root cause, treatment based on syndrome differentiation is the palliative, and treating both the symptoms and root causes is the best treatment method of traditional Chinese medicine!