Study on the Characteristics of Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndromes and Syndrome Elements in the Patients with Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome Overlapping Functional Dyspepsia
10.13359/j.cnki.gzxbtcm.2024.09.009
- VernacularTitle:腹泻型肠易激综合征重叠功能性消化不良的中医证候及证素特征研究
- Author:
Gui-Fang SU
1
;
Hao-Meng WU
;
Ying-Ying LIU
;
Yuan-Ming YANG
;
Shao-Gang HUANG
Author Information
1. 广州中医药大学东莞医院,广东东莞 523000
- Keywords:
diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome(IBS-D);
functional dyspepsia(FD);
emotional disorder;
improper diet;
traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)syndrome;
spleen deficiency and dampness stagnation syndrome;
liver stagnation and spleen deficiency syndrom
- From:
Journal of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2024;41(9):2280-2288
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the distribution of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)syndrome elements in the patients with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome(IBS-D)overlapping functional dyspepsia(FD),and to explore the characteristics of TCM syndromes in IBS-D overlapping FD.Methods Clinical investigation was performed for collecting the clinical data of patients with IBS-D,FD and IBS-D overlapping FD(overlapping group),50 cases for each disease.The TCM syndrome elements were analyzed by syndrome-element dialectical methods,and the characteristics of TCM syndromes and syndrome types were summarized by frequency analysis,association rule analysis and cluster analysis.Results(1)The results of frequency analysis showed that emotional disorder was the main inducing or aggravating factor in the overlapping group,followed by improper diet.The primary syndromes in the overlapping group were diarrhea,abdominal distension,epigastric fullness,abdominal pain and postprandial fullness;the tongue color was usually pale,pale red,dark or red,the tongue body was usually enlarged or tooth-marked,and the tongue coating was usually thin white or white;slippery pulse,wiry pulse,deep pulse and thin pulse were the common pulses.The diseases-location syndrome elements mainly involved spleen,stomach,small intestine and liver,and the disease-nature syndrome elements mainly involved qi stagnation,dampness,qi deficiency and yang deficiency.(2)The results of association rule analysis showed that the combination of abdominal distension and diarrhea had the highest support(accounting for 70.00％)associated with TCM syndromes,the combination of spleen and stomach had the highest support(accounting for 80.00％)associated with diseases-location syndrome elements,the two combinations of dampness and qi stagnation,qi deficiency and qi stagnation had the highest support(both accounting for 36.00％)associated with disease-nature syndrome elements.(3)The results of cluster analysis showed that TCM syndromes in the overlapping group were clustered into four categories of syndrome manifestations,namely spleen deficiency and dampness stagnation syndrome,spleen deficiency and qi stagnation syndrome,spleen yang deficiency syndrome and spleen qi deficiency syndrome;the combinations of syndromes and syndrome elements were clustered into five categories,namely manifestations of liver depression and spleen deficiency syndrome combined with intestinal dampness stagnation syndrome,manifestations of food stagnation in the stomach syndrome,manifestations of spleen deficiency and qi stagnation syndrome,manifestation of greasy coating,and manifestations of stomach qi failing to descend and rebellious stomach qi syndrome.Conclusion IBS-D overlapping FD usually affects the spleen,and is closely related to the disorders of the stomach,liver and small intestine.The main syndromes of IBS-D overlapping FD are spleen deficiency and dampness stagnation syndrome,and liver stagnation and spleen deficiency combined with intestinal dampness stagnation syndrome.Qi stagnation and dampness stagnation contribute to the key pathogenesis of IBS-D overlapping FD.IBS-D overlapping FD is characterized by the mixture of deficiency and excess,with the presence of pathological products such as phlegm-dampness,food accumulation and blood stasis in the later stage.
