Exploration on essence of spleen-kidney deficiency in middle-aged patients.
- Author:
Bing-hui LIN
1
;
Su-qin FANG
;
Ying YE
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Aged; Aging; CD4-CD8 Ratio; Cholesterol; blood; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Humans; Kidney Diseases; blood; Male; Medicine, Chinese Traditional; Middle Aged; Splenic Diseases; blood; Superoxide Dismutase; blood; Yang Deficiency; blood; Yin Deficiency; blood
- From: Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine 2002;22(1):33-36
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo explore the essence of Spleen-Kidney Deficiency in middle-aged patients.
METHODSInvestigation was carried out in 773 cases of 50-69 years old to assay 34 parameters in them, including blood lipid, oxidation and anti-oxidation related substance, sex hormone, liver and renal function, immune function, blood routine, blood pressure and lung vital capacity, etc.
RESULTSSpleen Deficiency Syndrome is closely related with lipid metabolism disorder; Kidney-Qi Deficiency Syndrome is closely related with hypoimmune function; Kidney-Yin Deficiency Syndrome is closely related with lipid metabolism disorder and hypertension, and Kidney Yang Deficiency is closely related with weakness of anti-oxidation capacity, hypoimmunity, the internal environment disorder of sex hormone and aging, manifested as multiple functions abating.
CONCLUSIONSpleen Deficiency, Kidney-Qi Deficiency and Kidney Yang Deficiency are different layers of a gradually developed and aggravated pathological process, but Kidney-Yin Deficiency could not be listed into this layer.
