BS ISO 19465:2017 INTERNATIONAL ISO STANDARD 19465 First edition 2017-02 Traditional Chinese medicine Categories of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) clinical terminological systems Médecinetraditionnellechinoise-Categories de systemes terminologiques de médecine traditionnelle chinoise (MTC) clinique Reference number IS0 19465:2017(E) os1 @IS02017 BS ISO 19465:2017 IS0 19465:2017(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT IS0 2017, Published in Switzerland All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyrightoffice Ch. de Blandonnet 8 . CP 401 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland Tel. +41 22 749 01 11 Fax +41 22 749 09 47 [email protected] www.iso.org ii @ IS0 2017 - All rights reserved BS ISO 19465:2017 IS0 19465:2017(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv Introduction. ..V 1 Scope. ..1 2 Normative references ..1 3 Terms and definitions ..1 4 Classification principles of TCMCTS .2 4.1 Practicability .2 4.2 Internality and systematic feature .2 4.3 Extendibility .2 5 Categorial structure of a TCM clinical terminological system (TCMCTS) .3 5.1 Overview .3 5.2 Symptom and sign.. 3 5.3 Examination objects .4 5.4 Disease and pattern. 4 5.4.1 Overview. .4 5.4.2 Disease. 4 5.4.3 Pattern 4 5.5 TCM operational approach 4 5.6 Cause and mechanism of disease 4 5.7 Theory and experience .5 5.8 Therapeutic principle and method of treatment .5 5.9 Chinese medicinals. .5 5.10 Bodysystem. 5 5.11 Staging and transmission/transmutation .5 5.12 TCM internal substance 5 5.13 Environmentorgeographiclocation in TCM .5 5.14 TCM equipment and device 5 5.15 Unit of measurement and qualifier value in TCM .6 5.16 Linkage .6 5.17 Medical case record structure. .6 5.18 Phrase. ..6 Annex A (informative) Diagram of TCMCTS hierarchical structure .1 Bibliography .8 @ IS0 2017 - All rights reserved iii