TCM Tongue-appearance Analysis and Pathology Discussion on 223 HIV/AIDS Patients in Different Periods of Disease / 中国中医药信息杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyze and sort the character of symptom and pathology of 223 HIV/AIDS patients in Yunnan Provine. Methods Sort the clinical periods into groups subject to 223 HIV/AIDS patients who voluntarily accept the consultations and treatments for the first try in Yunnan province, then observe their tongue-appearance accordingly. Results By separately observing the color, shape and aspect of the tongue and tongue-fur which belongs to patient during AIDS period and asymptomatic period, discovered that the pathological tongue-fur appearance of all clinical periods trends to greasy, thereinto, in period of AIDS, 47.45% were white-greasy, 16.06% were yellow-greasy, 8.02% were yellow and thin. In terms of color of tongue, 46.71% of the total samples were light pink and white, 32.12% were red, and 21.17% were purple and gore. In period of asymptomatic, most of the tongue-appearance was light pink and thin white, which obviously exceeded the AIDS period. It indicates that the higher level of immunity, the more normal appearance of tongue can be expected. Group A (200≤CD4