[Discussion on some basic academic problems in research and development of treatment based on syndrome differentiation].

To implement treatment depending on syndrome differentiation, namely, the syndrome dependent therapy (SDT), is the characteristics of Chinese medicine, also an important field for TCM researches and development in the contemporary era. This paper summarized the common academic problems in this field, involving the relationship between syndrome and disease, body constitution, four diagnostic methods and SDT, the mechanisms of diseases, syndromes and SDT, as well as the relationship between SDT and Western medicine. The thinking path and recommendation for solution were proposed as well.