Fig. 2
Key steps for syndrome diagnosis of TCM. The figure illustrates the four key steps in TCM syndrome diagnosis. On the left side, the processed clinical data is shown, including the patient’s demographic information, chief complaint, medical history, and physical examination. First step, through recognition and extraction, the patient’s clinical information is obtained. Based on this clinical information, the corresponding TCM pathogenesis is inferred. Then, the TCM pathogenesis is used to inferred the relevant TCM syndromes. Finally, an explanatory summary is provided, emulating the process TCM clinicians follow for syndrome diagnosis. Note. TCM = traditional Chinese medical.
