Investigation of the “Sho” System using the Multivariate Analysing Technique
10.3937/kampomed.46.109
- VernacularTitle:多変量解析の手法 (数量化III類) による証の検討
- Author:
Koh IWASAKI
;
Kiyohiko MATSUMOTO
;
Hisakazu JIN
;
Hidetada SASAKI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Sho;
subjective symptoms;
quantification III;
main components;
Deficiency and Excessiveness
- From:Kampo Medicine
1995;46(1):109-120
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
In order to evaluate the “Sho” (Kampo diagnosis) objectively, the authors attempted to quantify patients in a hypertension patient group by means of the quantification III method.
The first axis of symptom values expressed Deficient/Excessive tendency. On scattergrams comprised of the first-second, first-third, and second-third axes, it was found that the symptoms were separated in some groups according to differences in their “patterns of appearance.” Furthermore, the group of symptoms nearly corresponded to the Oriental medicial concepts of Kan-utsu (Stagnation of the Liver), Kikyo (Qi deficiency) and Jinkyo (Kidney Deficiency).
These results suggest that we can use the quantificatiom III method to objectively evaluate the “Sho” and distinguish the appearance patterns of symptoms.
