Objective: To analyze the
traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)
syndromes of 46
patients with
coronavirus disease -2019 (COVID-19) by
cluster analysis method .
Method: The 46 COVID-19
patients with TCM symptoms, signs,
tongue and
pulse were analyzed by frequency
analysis and
clustering analysis , and the TCM
syndrome types of COVID-19
patients were classified and summarized by combining clinical expertise, and the evolution
law was analyzed by combining the median days of the
syndrome collection.
Result: The major
signs and symptoms of the 46
patients with COVID-19
fever (frequency of 39, accounted for 84.8%), poor
appetite (frequency of 44, 95.7%),
fatigue (frequency of 42, 91.3%),
wheezing breath (frequency of 35, 76.1%), dry
mouth (frequency of 21, 45.7%),
lung condition short (frequency of 20, 43.5%), defecate
pond (frequency of 15, 32.6%), red
tongue (frequency 30,
accounting for 65.2%), yellowish
moss (frequency 27,
accounting for 58.7%), and slimy
pulse (frequency 30,
accounting for 62.5%). TCM
syndromes were divided into seven types, i.e. dampness and
heat syndrome (13 cases), dampness and toxin
syndrome (10 cases),
heat stasis
syndrome (7 cases), dampness and
heat syndrome (5 cases),
cold dampness internal invasion
syndrome (4 cases), dampness
poison blood stasis
syndrome (2 cases).According to the
time of onset, there were
cold and dampness
syndrome (median days 6.5 days), dampness was heavier than
heat syndrome (10 days), dampness and
heat syndrome (10 days), dampness and
heat syndrome (11.5 days),
heat stagnation of
liver and
gallbladder syndrome (13 days), dampness and
blood stasis
syndrome (15 days), and Yin
injury syndrome (16 days).
Conclusion: Among the 46 cases of COVID -19, damp-
heat syndrome was the most common, followed by
heat stagnation of
liver and
gallbladder syndrome , Yin
injury and gas
consumption syndrome ,
cold and damp internal invasion
syndrome , and dampness and
blood stasis
syndrome . The pathogenesis of the
disease evolved into
heat and
poison , and later appeared to consume
Qi Yin performance.