Incorporating traditional Chinese medicine syndrome differentiation in randomized trials: methodological issues

VCH Chung, RST Ho, X Wu, JCY Wu - European Journal of Integrative …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), decision on prescription is
based on a process called Bian Zheng Lun Zhi (syndrome differentiation guided treatment
decision). Syndrome differentiation process may not be recognized in conventional
standards of randomized controlled trial (RCT), limiting model validity and generalizability of
results. Method Three major international databases were searched up to July 2016 for
articles which discussed how syndrome differentiation, a classical TCM approach in …

Incorporating Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome Differentiation in Randomized Trials: Methodological Issues (Cochrane CAM Field Invited Commentary)

R Ho, V Chung, J Wu - Integrative Medicine Research, 2015 - scholar.archive.org
Purpose: In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practice, decision on prescription is based
on a process called Bian Zheng Lun Zhi (syndrome differentiation guided treatment
decision). The syndrome differentiation process may not be recognized in conventional
standards of randomized controlled trial (RCT), limiting the model validity and
generalizability of results. Methods: This article discussed how syndrome differentiation, a
classical TCM approach in diagnosis, can be incorporated into RCT design. Results: Four …
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