[Thinking on the assessment of clinical therapeutic effectiveness of TCM]

How to assess the therapeutic effectiveness of TCM is the focus of this paper, the trend of study on standard for therapeutic effectiveness assessment and application of standard for disease combined with symptom diagnosis and treatment were described. Taking the study on standard for TCM syndrome of Gan as an example, the basic principle and existing problem in standard formulation were pointed out. The possibility in establishing the therapeutic effectiveness assessment system of TCM by using the quantified scale for therapeutic effectiveness assessment as a tool, i.e., the theoretical design of the scale formation should be in accord with the theories of TCM, and followed with scientific measuring principle, based on the sample investigation to establish the database of quantified scale, to make sure the scale that having corresponding checking process and scoring criteria so as to make the scale meeting the need of reliability and validity. It was also pointed owt that the scale should be used in combination with the standard for syndrome differentiation, thus, the scientific, practical therapeutic effectiveness assessment system of TCM could be built up.