Clinical observation on the relation between tongue petechia and gynecologic tumor and dysmenorrhea / 国际中医中药杂志

Objective To discuss the relation between gynecologic tumor and dysmenorrheal and tongue petechia, make clear the diagnostic value of tongue petechia in gynecology department tumor and dysmenorrheal, and provide theoretic basis for diagnosing gynecologic diseases by TCM. Methods A total of 169 patients with gynecologic tumor and dysmenorrheal were set as a treatment group, and a total of 211 patients who excluded the tongue signs of gynecologic tumor and dysmenorrheal were set as a control group. Tongue petechias were identified and compared between the two groups. Results ①Probability of tongue petechia showed a significantly higher value in the treatment group than the control group. (P<0.01) ; ②Probability of tongue petechia showed a significantly higher value of patients with tumor in the treatment group than patients with other gynecologic diseases in the control group (P< 0.05) ; ③Probability of tongue petechia showed a significantly higher value of patients with dysmenorrhea in the treatment group than patients with other gynecologic diseases in the control group (P<0.01). Conclusion ①Relevant researche of gynecologic tumor, dysmenorrheal and tongue petechia at the tip of tongue was based on TCM theory, diagnostics and clinical experiences. The data of this study has proven this diagnostic method.②Compared with other kinds of diseases, gynecologic tumor and dysmenorrheal showed a higher probability in the appearance of tongue petechia. Therefore, petechia at the tip of tongue can be used as one of diagnostic references for gynecologic tumor and dysmenorrheal.

Advantages of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Diagnosis and Treatment of Subhealth State / 中华中医药杂志

This paper firstly discusses the concept and manifestation of subhealth state,and reveals that the subhealth state is a low constitutional one between morbid state and health state.The manifestations of subhealth state include two cases,namely symptoms without positive lab or instrument examination results and tiny positive lab or instrument examination results without symptoms.In the diagnosis of subhealth state,traditional Chinese medicine comes down the traditional four diagnostic methods of which tongue-inspection,pulse-taking and complexion-inspection are particularly significant,and mainly makes use of etiological syndrome differentiation and differentiation of syndromes by zang-fu viscera.Traditional Chinese medicine has multifarious and effective therapeutic methods in the treatment of subhealth state,including Chinese herbs as well as acupuncture,massage,leading of Qi,food treatment and Qigong.Adjustment of emotion,regard of living,moderate work and rest,reasonable diet are important in the auxiliary treatment of subhealth state.In the new era,we should actively utilize the advantages of traditional Chinese medicine in the diagnosis and therapy of subhealth so as to contribute more to the health of people.

On the diagnostic signif icance of tongue tip / 中华中医药杂志

Tongue inspection has a long history.It is an important part of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) diagnostic methods and plays a big role in TCM diagnostics.Inspection of tongue tip is an essential part of tongue inspection.This paper fi rstly discusses the correspondent viscera to tongue tip,subsequently probes into the clinical signifi cance of tongue tip inspection and fi nally points out that inspection of tongue tip should not only pay attentions to the local tongue-image changes of tongue tip but also to the synthetic analysis based on the tongue-image changes of both the tongue tip and the whole tongue body.The author thinks that the studies on the diagnostic signifi cance of tongue tip should make use of the research methods of literature investigation and clinical observation as well as those of modern clinical epidemiology and statistics.Probing into the diagnostic signifi cance of tongue tip is highly valuable to the in-depth research into tongue inspection.

Analyzing the five prescribing methods of TCM from medical records / 中华中医药杂志

Prescription and Chinese herbs are one of the important therapeutic methods of TCM,and it is significant to study how to prescribe for enhancement of the therapeutic effects of prescription and Chinese herbs.In clinical TCM,the main prescribing methods are: prescribing based on syndrome differentiation,prescribing based on disease differentiation,prescribing based on symptom differentiation,prescribing based on constitution differentiation and application of folk or empirical prescriptions.In clinical practice,the five prescribing methods can not be divided thoroughly,often being applied cooperatively.This paper analyzes the five prescribing methods from cases.