TCM practitioners believe it is an important underlying pathology of many disease processes[1] despite the fact that objective, consistent methods for measuring the presence of blood stasis syndrome are not readily available.
"[5][6] Standard diagnostic criteria for BS were first established in 1982 in China[7] by the Specialized Committee of "activating blood circulation" and in Japan by Terasawa et al in 1983.
[13] Amongst practitioners of TCM and related fields covered by the general term traditional East Asia medicine (TEAM) there is a large body of research on blood stasis.
If this Liver function is normal, the skin and muscles will be well nourished by Blood and be able to resist attacks of exterior pathogenic factors.
He stated that: "Like so much of the TCPM research, time and money is being devoted to validate with modernity BS concepts that are fundamentally grounded in fantasy.
"[20]In TCM, the spleen and kidneys govern the movement and transformation of qi and fluid and these organs cooperate with each other to participate in the metabolism of water.