Examining the pulses manifestation of patients with primary hepatocarcinoma / 第二军医大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective: To examine the characteristics of the pulse manifestation in the hepatocarcinoma patients, and to study the value of pulse manifestation in typing according to diagnosis of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Methods: The patients' pulse manifestation was examined by the pulse instrument, and was typed according to the symptom, sign, and tongue appearance. The pulse indices and photography were analyzed among syndromes of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Results: Ninety percent of patients had string like pulse, slippery pulse, and string like and slippery pulse in 147 hepatocarcinoma cases. H 1 was significantly higher in stagnation of liver qi and deficiency of spleen patients type than that in dampness and heat in liver and gallbladder patients type and in Yin deficiency of liver and the kidney patients type. H 3/H 1 significantly decreased in of stagnation of liver qi and deficiency of spleen patients type than that in dampness and heat in liver and gallbladder patients type. H 4/H 1 was significantly lower in dampness and heat in liver and gallbladder patients type than that in other 3 types of patients. Conclusion: Pulse indices and photography detected by the pulse instrument are associated with types according to diagnosis of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It is valuable to pulse detection by the pulse instrument. [