clinical Study on Relationship Between Gastro enteric Hormones and TCM syndrome Types[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine1997, (5): 298-299.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.1997.05.026.
it was shown that GAS (gastrin) is the lowest in Spleen -hypofunction (SH) type MTL (motilin) are all significantly higher in all three syndrome types than normal control group (P<0. 01)
while SP (substance P) is the lowest in the stomach - liver disharmony (SLD) type
and the highest in the Colon -damp heat (CDH) type. It is thus claimed that SH manifests itself as 2 - high - 1 - low type
viz. low GAS. SP
and high MTL; that of CDH is some what similar to the SH
with markedly low SP. while all 3 hormones are all elevated in CDH. especially the SP. All the above disorders
viz. GAS
SP in SH type
MTL in SLD type
and SP in CDH type markedly recovered after treated with traditional drugs.