ABSTRACT
Objective To study the relationship between the distribution of oral ulcer and the syndrome differentiation of Zang-fu viscera. Methods We collected the data of 65 oral ulcer patients admitted in Stomatology Department,the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine from January of 2015 to July of 2016. The data of emotion,diet,sleep,history of digestive tract disease,and family history of the patients with tongue ulcer and the patients with labio-buccal ulcer were compared. The relationship of the distribution of labio-buccal ulcer,tongue-tip ulcer,and ulcer of lateral part of the tongue with Zang-fu viscera syndrome differentiation was analyzed by statistical software SAS 9.2. Results(1)Tongue ulcer group had higher incidence of anxiety and higher percentage of history of digestive tract disease than labio-buccal ulcer group(P<0.01,P<0.05). (2)Labio-buccal ulcer mostly had a correlation with spleen deficiency blended with dampness or gastrointestinal accumulating heat, the tongue-tip ulcer mostly had a correlation with heart-fire flaring up, and the ulcer of lateral part of tongue mostly had a correlation with pathogenic fire derived from liver-qi stagnation, the difference among the 3 groups being statistically significant(P < 0.01). Conclusion The distribution of oral ulcer has a correlation with Zang-fu viscera syndrome differentiation.