What does consultation mean?

Inquiry refers to the method of Chinese medicine using dialogue to ask patients and their insiders about the occurrence, development, symptoms and treatment of diseases, so as to diagnose diseases.

Inquiry is a diagnostic method that doctors obtain medical history data through systematic inquiry of patients or related personnel and make clinical judgments through comprehensive analysis. Inquiry is the main means of medical history collection. The completeness and accuracy of medical history have great influence on the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Most of the clues and basis for solving patients' diagnosis problems come from the data obtained from medical history collection.

Collecting medical history is the first step for doctors to diagnose and treat patients, and its importance lies in that it is the most important opportunity for doctors and patients to communicate and establish a good doctor-patient relationship. Correct methods and good consultation skills make patients feel the goodwill and credibility of doctors and have confidence to cooperate with doctors, which is also very important for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases.

In the process of consultation, in addition to collecting patients' disease data for diagnosis and treatment, it also has other functions, such as educating patients, providing information for patients, and sometimes even communication itself has therapeutic effects.