Theory Of "Syndrome Focus Instead Of Time Factor" And Research Of Wang Meng-ying’s Clinical Cases

Thought of "Syndrome focus instead of time factor" comes from "Huangdi internal classics", which has the same resource of "treatment according to the time factor". Both theories are the unity of opposite and complement to each other which compose the core idea of the time medicine in Traditional Chinese Medicine. At present, the field of TCM doesn’t has an clearly definition and the dictionary of TCM didn’t have the explanation of "Syndrome focus instead of time factor" Therefore, neither theory nor clinic has the enough research and application of "Syndrome focus instead of time factor" which influence the theory value and practical value of it.Luo Tian-yi, medical practitioner of Yuan dynasty, put forward clearly the principle of "syndrome focus instead of time factor" in his book "Wei Sheng Bao Jian, Volume 13, Syndrome focus instead of time factor". After that, medical practitioners elucidated it sometimes which, as supplement of "treatment according to the time factor" and "infrangible time factor", couldn’t reflect its proper depth and height. The research of content only elaborated the thought of "Syndrome focus instead of time factor" which mean when syndrome was inconsistent with seasons and climate it should decide treatment by syndrome. The research was based on the clinical cases in the book "Wei Sheng Bao Jian" which could use the warm herbs as Gan jiang, Fu zi to treat the cold ulcer even if it is in the hot summer.As it comes to the modern time, the research on "treatment according to the time factor" is very hot while the research on "Syndrome focus instead of time factor" is seldom. After information retrieval, the first thesis with the name "Syndrome focus instead of time factor" was published in the Journal of Beijing institute of traditional Chinese medicine in the 1990’s of last century, Primary argument of "Syndrome focus instead of time factor" and "treatment according to the time factor" which author was Zhang Xiang-qun from class 1988 of the Beijing institute of traditional Chinese medicine. Zhang regarded the thought of "Syndrome focus instead of time factor" was just the actual application of "infrangible time factor" but it didn’t study further of the thought "Syndrome focus instead of time factor" and only cited the medical cases from the "Wei Sheng Bao Jian".Being one of four famous doctors of doctrine of epidemic febrile disease of later Qing dynasty, Wang Meng-ying made great contributions to the development of science of febrile diseases. Mr. Wang had got the core thought of "syndrome focus instead of time factor". So when disease is not in accordance with time factor, the treatment should be based on syndrome but not the time factor. After the deep research the clinical cases of Wang Meng-ying, we can realize the theory "syndrome focus instead of time factor" is composed of three aspects. First, when climate discordant with syndrome, treatment should be decided by syndrome instead of time and climate. Second, when the rhythm of human body discordant with disease, treatment should be decided by the syndrome instead of human body rhythm. Third, when guest-evil discordant with syndrome, treatment should be decided by the syndrome instead of guest-evil. Through combination between "treatment according to the time factor" and "syndrome focus instead of time factor", Doctor Wang realized the perfect combination between theory of epidemic febrile disease and syndrome differentiation.The study of Wang Meng-ying’s clinical cases from the angle of "syndrome focus instead of time factor" give us a new way to research the medical thought of Wang Meng-ying and provide new model and new example to explore the deep meaning of the clinical cases. The study of Wang’s cases could confine the connotation and definition of "syndrome focus instead of time factor". The research on the basis of his cases could enrich the theory of Chinese Medicine and expand the clinical thought of TCM. Based on the research result of all dynasties and a large number of clinical cases, the definition of the "syndrome focus instead of time factor" could be primarily confirmed from the thought model of TCM:when the time factor is not accordance with the syndrome of disease, the treatment should be focus on the syndrome instead of the time factor. There are three connotations:focus on syndrome instead of the weather, focus on syndrome instead of human body rhythm, focus in syndrome instead of the invasion of present evils.