Disease Differentiation and Syndrome Differentiation

In the thesis,we first discuss the concepts of diseases,syndromes and symptoms,and the differences in naming diseases between Western medicine and TCM.Then we discuss the relationship between diseases and syndromes,and the relationship between selection of treatment based on differential diagnosis and the selection of treatment based on differential diseases.The thesis expounds the viewpoint of prima selection of treatment based on differential diseases with taking both diseases and syndromes into account.