Definition Research On Symptomatic Units Of Tcm

Objective:To define the connotation and denotation of 427 Symptomatic Units, in order to make academic exchanges are not ambiguous.Methods:From the attribute in Logic and rules of the definition of Terminology to start, basing on the ancient medical text in the case of the control structure of the database related the clinical description of symptoms, making reference to the Chinese and Western various anthoritative works to define 427 Symptomatic Units.Results:From 11 attributes of Symptomatic Units, including the name source, alias, the site of symptom, the nature of symptom, sub-site, sub-nature, limit factor, accompanying symptoms or common diseases, time characteristics, common type, the corresponding normal life phenomena to define the connotation and denotation of 427 Symptomatic Units in a more scientific and standardized way.Conclusion:The definition of symptoms is different from the abstract definition. The relating content should be multifaceted and multiattribute. Multi-angles should be considered. After being defined, the expression of the Symptoms Units will be more perfect,its meaning will be more clear and explicit.