title: Can TCM treatment be performed on the basis of differential diagnosis of the diseases instead of the syndromes?
authors.affiliation: Shidong Hospital, Yangpu District, Shanghai 200090.
authors.forename: Zongguang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D001064:Appendicitis / Q000188:drug therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004194:Disease; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000188:drug therapy; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008517:Phytotherapy; D013577:Syndrome
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal