Diagnosis and treatment principle in medicine: original symptom.

The purpose of this review was to demonstrate the definition of the original symptom (OS) and how it works in medical procedures as to the medicine based on the Jema Lee's (). OS is defined as the sum of all clinical information featured by an individual's intrinsic characteristics as and health state prior to onset. It is the key factor in the clinical application of medicine including the diagnosis of constitutional type and symptomatology because the imbalance of metabolic functions of each originates from that. The working principles of the OS and symptomatology can be summarized as follows. First, clinical information regarding cold or heat intolerance determines the cold or heat pattern of symptomatology. Another is the present worsening of the severity of symptomatology by one level as compared with that in the past. Symptoms prior to the onset worsen to a higher level of severity after any disorder breaks out. Finally, the treatment strategy and progress of each are determined following the characteristics of the OS. Theoretical and clinical studies should be conducted to show the specific criteria for the diagnosis of symptomatology in the future.