There are also great differences in thinking modes and methods between Chinese and western medicine in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) pays attention to the overall condition of patients, and understands the physical condition of patients through four diagnosis, observation, smell, questioning and pulse taking, and comprehensively judges the etiology and pathogenesis of patients by combining the factors of patients' age, gender, physique, symptoms, tongue picture and pulse condition, and adopts individualized treatment scheme. Western medicine, on the other hand, pays more attention to the pathophysiological mechanism of diseases, determines the cause and pathophysiological mechanism of diseases through examination and laboratory testing, and adopts targeted treatment schemes.
中西医在诊断和治疗疾病时，其思维方式和方法也存在很大不同。中医注重患者的整体状况，通过四诊、望、闻、问、切，了解患者的身体状况，结合患者的年龄、性别、体质、症状、舌象、脉象等因素，综合判断患者的病因病机，采用个体化的治疗方案。而西医则更注重疾病的病理生理机制，通过检查和实验室检测，确定疾病的病因和病理生理机制，采用针对性的治疗方案。
