Data Analysis of Health-related Information of Kurobe Local Resident by Constitution Theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Hoko Kyo; Kazuo Uebaba; Yanbo Zhu; Qi Wang; Nobutaka Suzuki; Shigehiko Kanaya

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Data Analysis of Health-related Information of Kurobe Local Resident by Constitution Theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine

VernacularTitle:中医体質理論を用いた黒部地域住民の健康関連情報のデータ解析
Author: Hoko KYO ¹ ; Kazuo UEBABA ² ; Yanbo ZHU ³ ; Qi WANG ⁴ ; Nobutaka SUZUKI ⁵ ; Shigehiko KANAYA ²
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1. Computational Systems Biology Lab., Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
2. Department of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Clinical Research and Development, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science
3. Institute of Integrative Medicine, Urata Clinic
4. School of Management, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
5. Center for Studies in Traditional Chinese Medicine Constitution Research and Reproductive Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
Keywords: Traditional Chinese Medicine; constitution theory; nine classification of constitution; Constitution in Chinese Medicine Questionnaire; CCMQ-J; Gentleness type; Biased constitution; Mibyou constitution; intervention survey
From:Japanese Journal of Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2020;17(2):145-153
CountryJapan
Language:Japanese
Abstract: With the cooperation of Kurobe City, we conducted a basic survey using the nine classification of constitution and an intervention survey using a constitutional guidance program. The basic survey was conducted by the Kurobe group (Kurobe River alluvial fan spring water drinker n=155, 60.6±10.4 years old) and the non-Kurobe group (normal tap water drinker n=99, 50.7±12.8 living in the Hokuriku region without Kurobe City). A total of three surveys were conducted using the constitution Questionnaire (CCMQ-J). As a result, the Gentleness type, which is usually called the healthy constitution, was clearly higher in the Kurobe group, with 44.6 % in the Kurobe group and 22.5 % in the non-Kurobe group. In the proportion of each biased constitution(Mibyo constitution), the Kurobe group had less Wet-heat type (4.5 % vs 11.8 %), Qi-depression type (5.4 % vs 10.7 %), Yin-deficiency type (7.1 % vs 12.3 %) , and Phlegm-wetness type (5.8 % vs 9.6 %) than the non-Kurobe group. After the basic survey was completed, the Kurobe group was randomly divided into two groups, an intervention group (n=65, 62.3±9.3 years old) and a non-intervention group (n=68, 62.7±9.8 years old), and compared with the non-Kurobe group (control group) (n=80, 51.9±13.6 years old). The survey design was a simple comparative study, and the primary endpoint was a comparative study of changes in constitutional scores before and after intervention. As a result, in the Yang-deficiency type, a significant difference was observed between the intervention group, the non-intervention group and the control group at the first time after the intervention (One-way ANOVA p=0.04). No change was seen in the second survey after the intervention. In the comparison of Phlegm-wetness type between the three groups, there was a tendency in the amount of change in the constitutional score (One-way ANOVA p=0.087). From the above, it was suggested that the constitutional survey can not only grasp the health and the pre-symptomatic state, but also improve the pre-symptomatic by combining the guidance methods according to the constitution.