Definition of symptomatic units of nose / 中华中医药杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To standardize the clinical information of the nose.Methods:Based on the 1034 descriptions on the clinical manifestation of nose in the database of the clinical records of Chinese medicine in the past dynasties,according to the hypothesis of symptomatic unit,the symptomatic units,the second-level clinical characteristics and the limiting factors were summarized in the paper.Results:All the descriptions on the clinical manifestation of nose include 11 symptomatic units,7 second-level clinical characteristics and 1 limiting factor.Conclusion:Comparing with the symptoms in the authoritative works of Chinese medicine,cold-feeling of the nose while breathing was the new fi nding,nares flaring and ozena recorded in the authoritative works were the second-level clinical characteristics of polypnea and rhinorrhoea respectively.Nose diseases,such as nasal eczema,were usually diagnosed by several symptomatic units,so they were not symptomatic units.