Chinese medicine pattern differentiation and its implications for clinical practice

摘要: Chinese medicine practitioners apply the differentiation reasoning for decision-making. The wide scope of intervention provides coverage methods and techniques with applications to primary, secondary tertiary levels prevention. rapid evolution mathematical computational allowed implementation several models pattern that were tested physiologic systems. Concurrently, it is argued might improve efficacy either traditional or conventional medical interventions. This article reviewed influence into clinical practice organized by field: general differentiation; genitourinary (recurrent cystitis); cardiovascular (coronary heart disease; arterial hypertension; angina pectoris); neurology (stroke); surgery; metabolic (diabetes mellitus); hepatic (cirrhosis); gastrointestinal (chronic superficial gastritis); orthopedic (low back pain; rheumatoid arthritis; cervical spondylosis; elbow arthritis); oncology (gastric mucosal dysplasia; lung cancer); gynecologic obstetric manifestations (nausea vomiting). studies presented achievements have contributed integration evidence-based in treatment many mild severe diseases. Target diseases considered as major public health problems also investigated results are promising regarding possibility treat guided differentiation.