ABSTRACT
[Objective]To discuss the syndrome differentiation and treatment of classical prescription of ZHANG Zhongjing.[Method]Listing relevant literature and quoting physicians' views on book and combining theory and practice to discuss and distill from the application of thinking methods of syndrome differentiation. [Results] "Treatise on Cold Pathogenic Diseases" fully reflects the syndrome differentiation thoughts, where can be concluded syndrome differentiation and treatment and the method of treatment.Catching the main syndrome means when facing with a specific syndrome can be used to catch the main character of method. And the correspondence between recipe and syndrome is the prescription consistent with the pathogenesis and symptoms of disease which is a prerequisite for syndrome differentiation and treatment.Meanwhile,syndrome differentiation and treatment is a principle of step by step treatment that according to the symptoms and signs of patients,sum up syndrome type,and then prescribe and select drugs at some stage in the disease.And it is also a thinking mode of classical prescription extended application by pathogenesis analysis. Those constitute the three main lines of the thinking method of differentiation.[Conclusion]Accurate differentiation and the prescription are consistented with the syndrome type of"Treatise on Cold Pathogenic Diseases"exert far-reaching influence on the use and perfect syndrome differentiation and treatment,which inspire future generations of doctors.Therefore, it deserves further study. Syndrome differentiation of application thought of classical prescriptions profoundly promotes the development of Chinese traditional medical thinking;the theory has profound significance for clinical practice.