ABSTRACT
Objective To analyze syndrome types and TCM prescriptions of Behcet's disease;To summarize the regularity of TCM syndrome differentiation and treatment principles of Behcet's disease.Methods Related literature in CNKI and VIP database from Jan. 1990 to Oct. 2013 was searched. The syndrome patterns, characteristics of prescriptions and frequency of syndrome were summarized.Results There were 20 syndrome types of Behcet's disease in the 58 collected literature. Damp and hot accumulating poison, spleen and kidney Yang deficiency, liver and kidney Yin deficiency, and hot and damp were common syndromes, occupying 55.4%. Hot and damp occupied 41.3%;Yin deficiency occupied 18.1%;Yang deficiency occupied 12.9%. Liver, spleen and kidney were the main disease locations, occupying 94.4%. There were 197 Chinese herbs in total, and could be classified and further combined into 19 types, among which heat-clearing drugs, tonics, activate blood and removing blood stasis were commonly adopted, occupying 50.6%. There were 66 prescriptions collected, among which 31 were set prescriptions, and 35 were prescriptions formed by self-experience. Longdan Xiegan Decoction and Gancao Xiexin Decoction were commonly adopted.Conclusion Syndrome types and TCM prescription characteristics of Behcet's disease had certain regularity, which can provide reference for clinical diagnosis and treatment.