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Exploration on the concept of disease before onset in TCM
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DOI   10.11656/j.issn.1672-1519.2008.04.17
Key Words   disease before onset;concept;constitution;sub-health
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ZHANG Hong-jun The Dongzhimen Hospital of Beijing University of TCM, Beijing 100700, China 
Abstract
    The article thought that disease before onset was a special health state considered on the TCM ancient books and records and the clinical practices. It was the prophase of a disease that belongs to internal disease but not pathogenic state. The disease before onset included the stage before recurrence of a disease, convalescence stage and prevention of disease. The cause of a disease was internal constitution abnormity and external evil factor affecting health storing. So the constitution determination, classify diagnosis and intervention study was necessary methods on the prevention of a disease before onset. It included the prevention and treatment of epidemical disease. But sub-health of modern medicine belongs to a disease state but disease before onset.

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