Abstract：
Traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) syndrome-based efficacy is an evaluation index which is unique to TCM and can reflect the advantages of TCM. The development of the methods and measurement tools for evaluating TCM syndrome-based efficacy can provide objective and quantitative evidence for the clinical efficacy evaluation of TCM and the development of new Chinese medicine preparations, being the exploration direction of innovative methods and technologies for evaluating TCM efficacy. The conventional evaluation methods are subjective and limited to the mitigation of symptoms and the improvement of physical signs, which make it difficult to form a unified evaluation standard. In addition, the evaluation methods lack unity, objectivity, and quantitative research. The scientific connotation, evaluation ideas and methods, and key technologies of the evaluation for the therapeutic effect on syndromes remain unclear, which leads to diverse evaluation modes, methods, and indexes. The syndrome-based efficacy scale provides a new idea for the objective quantification and standardization of TCM syndromes. This review systematically summarizes the methods and problems, introduces the research progress in the evaluation scales, and puts forward some thoughts on the characteristics of TCM syndrome-based efficacy evaluation, aiming to provide insights for the research in this field.
摘要：
中医证候疗效是中医特有的、能够体现中医优势的评价指标。中医证候疗效评价方法和测量工具的发展,可以为中医临床疗效评价和新的中药制剂的研制提供客观和定量的依据,是中医药疗效评价创新方法和技术的探索方向。常规的评价方法是主观的,限于症状的缓解和体征的改善,这使得难以形成统一的评估标准。此外,评价方法缺乏统一性，客观性,和定量研究。科学内涵,评价思路和方法，证候疗效评价的关键技术尚不清楚，这导致了不同的评估模式，方法,和索引。中医证候疗效量表为中医证候的客观量化和规范化提供了新思路。本文系统总结了研究方法和存在的问题,介绍了评价量表的研究进展，并对中医证候疗效评价的特点提出了一些思考,旨在为该领域的研究提供见解。
