Pathocondition

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> What does a pathocondition mean? Is that a symptom or a syndrome?

 

A sign is any abnormality indicative of a disease

A symptom is a specific indication of a disease.

A syndrome is a the aggregate of signs and symptoms associated with any

morbid process.

(The above from Stedmen's medical dictionary)

 

" Pathocondition " is a word Paul Unschuld coined because the Chinese

concept of zheng (pattern) is none of the above. A pattern need not be

morbid, directly related to a disease, or solely related to a disease.

Unschuld does not mention this in his explanation (See Forgotten

Traditions p. 13) but " syndrome " has a pejorative connotations. Some

people like to avoid it because its use in biomedicine (e.g. " Chinese

Restaurant Syndrome " ) implies that the CM patterns are sort of flaky

observations compared to a " real " disease.

 

Bob

 

 

 

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Pathocondition" is a word Paul Unschuld coined because the Chinese concept of zheng (pattern) is none of the above

>>>I have heard this used, and its all over my notes, from when I was in China in early 1980's, and was told it was used just the way i wrote it. Obviously there are probably many words with multiple uses. Also, a pattern or what was called a syndrome when I was in china, was a diagnosis. While a pathocondition as i said was just minimal evidence of a pathogenic factor. I have never heard it used in terms of Organs and Syndromes/Pattern

Alon