Clinic research of treating perimenopausal syndrome tongue demonstration changes by Chaihu Shugan Decoction / 中华中医药杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective: To explore the tongue epithelial cell apoptosis quantitatively to analysis tongue demonstration change mechanism of perimenopausal syndrome by Chaihu Shugan Decoction. Methods: Patients with perimenopausal syndrome 60 cases, divided into kidney yin deficiency (30 cases), deficiency of both kidney yin and yang (30 cases), 30 healthy cases in normal group. The treatment course lasted for 2 months. The flow cytometry was used to detect the tongue epithelial cell apoptosis. Results: The tongue epithelial cell apoptosis rate of perimenopausal syndrome patients was higher than that in the normal group (P