title: [On the Conditionality of "Disease" in Treating Different Diseases with the Same Method].
abstract: Treating different diseases with the same method is a unique original thinking in Chinese medicine, which embodies the spirit of treatment based on syndrome differentiation. We briefly reviewed the origin and development of this concept. We also reviewed that thinking of combination of disease and syndrome is its premise and foundation. We put forward the conditionality of diseases in treating different diseases with the same method by cutting-in modern biological basic researches, that is to say, one kind specific diseases or disease of one specific system. We emphasized the importance of diseases conditionality in treating different diseases with the same method, which was of great significance in studies on combination of disease and syndrome, correspondence of prescription and syndrome, and modern biological basic researches of treating different diseases with the same method.
authors.forename: Guo-qing
authors.initials: GQ
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gu
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D055656:Prescriptions; D012106:Research