TCM Pattern is an educational tool. It does not diagnose, treat, prescribe or prevent anything. It is not a substitute for seeing a qualified healthcare professional, and no practitioner–patient relationship is created by using it.
If you have a medical emergency, call your local emergency number now.
TCM Pattern asks about your symptoms and habits, then interprets your answers through the framework of traditional Chinese medicine "patterns" (证, zhèng). A pattern is not a disease. It's a description of what your body appears to be doing — and two people with the same diagnosed condition can show opposite patterns and receive opposite advice.
This framework comes from a long clinical tradition. It is not the same thing as a medical diagnosis, and it is not produced by examining you. No one has taken your history properly, examined you, or ordered tests.
These are not pattern problems. They need investigating.
Do not stop or change any prescribed medication because of something you read here. If you want to make a change, speak to the clinician who prescribed it.
If low mood has lasted more than two weeks, or you are having thoughts of harming yourself, please speak to a doctor or a crisis service today — not to a wellness report. In the US, call or text 988. In the UK, call 111 or Samaritans on 116 123. Elsewhere, find your local line at findahelpline.com.
We deliberately avoid medical wording. We describe patterns, not diagnoses; support, not treatment; assessment, not diagnosis.
| We don't say | We say |
| diagnose / diagnosis | assess / identify a pattern |
| treat / treatment | support / balance / work with |
| cure / heal | improve / ease / support |
| prevent disease | support general wellbeing |
| prescribe | suggest / explore |
TCM Pattern is presented as a general wellness educational service. In the United States, software intended only for general wellness and unrelated to the diagnosis or treatment of disease is generally outside the FDA's device authorities. In the EU and UK, TCM Pattern does not claim to diagnose, treat or prevent disease and is not presented as a medical device. We do not claim to be regulated, licensed, or clinically validated as any of the above.
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