Hao Weixin, Dong Zhenhua. Retrospective Study on Classification of TCM Syndromes of 106 Cases of Sjogren Syndrome[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2006, (7): 528-530.
Hao Weixin, Dong Zhenhua. Retrospective Study on Classification of TCM Syndromes of 106 Cases of Sjogren Syndrome[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2006, (7): 528-530.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2006.07.031.
Objective:To explore characteristics of TCM syndrome
pathogenic factors and pathogenesis of primary sjogren syndrome(SS).Methods:Retrospective investigation and analysis were carried out in 106 cases of SS.Syndromes of the collected clinical data in first visit were classified
and the relationship of all syndromes with attacking age
course of disease
clinical symptoms
tongue manifestation
pulse manifestation and main laboratory indexes were analyzed respectively.Results:SS were divided into 6 syndrome types
i.e.endogenous dryness due to yin deficiency
deficiency of both qi and yin
yin deficiency and blood stasis
yin deficiency and damp-heat
both qi and yin deficiency and blood stasis
both qi and yin deficiency and blood stasis and damp-heat.Conclusion:For SS
yin-deficiency of both the liver and kidney is the main type
with qi-deficiency of the lung and spleen
intermingled with blood stasis
damp-heat.Syndrome of intermingled deficiency with excess is the characteristic of SS syndrome subject.Yin-deficiency and depletion of fluid is the essence involving qi-deficiency and yang-deficiency
blood stasis
stagnation syndrome
dryness are the superficiality aspect of the syndrome
belonging to syndrome of deficiency in origin and excess in superficiality.