title: [Exploration on the concept and category of sub-health and Chinese medicine "treating pre-disease" doctrine and the relationship between them].
abstract: Based on disserting the concept and category of sub-health state and the Chinese medicine "treating pre-disease" doctrine, the relationship between them was discussed. The authors considered that the sub-health state belongs to the categories of "treating pre-disease"; the thinking and theoretical system can be used to guide the identification and intervention of sub-health, and the research on sub-health may further complement and develop the connotation and theoretical system of "treating pre-disease".
authors.affiliation: Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis, Preclinical School, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China. wangtf@bucm.edu.cn
authors.forename: Tian-Fang
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000379:methods*