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Flexure Syndrome is a chronic disorder that seems to be caused by trapped gas at bends(flexures) in the colon.Symptoms include bloating,muscle spasms,and upper abdominal discomfort and its pathogenesis is an open question.Chinese medicine theory discriminates it as hypochondriac pain or stomachache due to dysfunction on qi,and processes valid treatment on the basis of an overall analysis on personal organs and meridian.
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Objective To study dynamically the correlation between endotheliocyte functions,inflammation-related factors and TCM syndromes in sepsis patients.Methods According to the TCM syndrome differentiation,68 septic patients were divided into Qi-fen group (23 cases),Ying-fen group (28 cases),and Xue-fen group (17 cases).The control group (26 cases) was built up for contrast.Serum von willebrand factor (vWf),nitric oxide (NO),tumor necrosis factor-? (TNF-?),interleukin 6 (IL-6),interleukin 2(IL-2),interleukin 4 (IL-4),and white blood cell (WBC) count of all groups were measured.Results TNF-?,IL-6,and WBC in all the sepsis groups were significantly higher than those in the control group (P