The comparative study about the distribution of traditional Chinese medicine constitution of the middle and elderly people between urban and rural area of Beijing

VernacularTitle:北京城乡中老年居民中医体质的调查
Author: Fang QIAN ; Xueyan XIN ; Ying HUANG ; Jing HAN
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Traditional Chinese medicine constitution; Identification of constitution; The difference between urban and rural residents
From: International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2011;33(7):619-621
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To discovery the difference about TCM constitution between urban and rural area from the survey results performed in 2 communities of Beijing. Methods 9 standard survey scales of Chinese Medicine Constitution and four diagnostic methods of TCM were performed to identify body constitution of 161 people whose age are almost 64 years; The distribution of total constitution and the constitution distribution of same sex were further analyzed. Results The distribution of 9 TCM body constitution were different between town and country, the gentleness type distribution in country was lower than city (24.68%, 51.19%) ; Qi-depression type distribution was significant higher in country than city (44.16%,5.95%) . Conclusion Most of people in the country were yang-deficiency type and qi-depression type body constitution, the distribution of which affected by gender and age, etc.