中医流行证候学探讨

Discussion of TCM epidemiosyndromatology

病证结合、辨证论治是中医重要思维方式。辨证是中医治疗的基础和前提,也是中医认识疾病状态的特色内容,更为论治提供重要依据。然而随着流行病学和循证医学的发展,中医药学在其独特的诊疗方式的基础上,更需要通过现代的统计学的方法阐述其内在的价值规律。文章主要通过流行病学的相关理念和研究方法,提出中医流行证候学的概念,并对其进行了诠释。系统探讨了流行证候学的原理和应用、研究方法、特征、与其他学科的关系等内容,并对流行证候学的发展提出了展望。为中医药学的循证医学研究提供研究方法论和证据。

The particular way of diagnosis and treatment of TCM is disease integrated with syndrome and syndrome differentiation and treatment. However, with the development of epidemiology and evidence-based medicine, TCM needs to reveal its own value through the more modern statistics method. Consequently, this article introduced the concept of epidenaiosyndromatology of TCM for the first time and explained it in detail. It explored the principle, application, research method and characteristics of epidemiosyndromatology of TCM, and its relations with other natural sciences. The article also discussed the prospect of this new concept, to provide research methodology and evidence for the research of TCM evidence- based medicine.