A Proposal to Confirm the Symptomatic Units of Urine Manifestations / 中医杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To introduce a proposal that can standardize the clinical information of urine manifestation in Chinese medicine.Methods A hypothesis of symptomatic units was proposed in this paper,herein,the attribute,name and definition of the symptomatic units of urine manifestations in the clinical records of Chinese medicine in the past dynasties were summarized according to the stipulation of logic classification and denomination of a scientific term.Results The 23 symptomatic units,2 bounds and their assembly can express 3867 descriptions on the clinical manifestation of urine.Conclusion The symptomatic unit is a feasible hypothesis that can simplify the clinical information of Chinese medicine.The attribute extraction,denomination and definition may become one of the effective procedures to standardize the clinical information of Chinese medicine.