Clinical Value of Peripheral Vessel Diagnostic System on TCM Syndrome Differentiation of Diabetes
- VernacularTitle:外周血管诊断系统对糖尿病中医辨证分型的临床价值
- Author:
Hong QI
;
Yan XIN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Diabetes;
Peripheral vessel diagnostic system;
TCM syndromes differentiation
- From:
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
1993;0(02):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To observe the relation between functions of vessels of lower extremities and TCM syndromes differentiation in diabetes patients. Methods Totally 168 diabetics of Type II were differentiated into 5 syndromes, i.e. 29 cases of yin deficiency with excessive heat, 41 cases of qi and yin deficiency, 30 cases of yin and yang deficiency, 37 cases of blood stasis in channels, and 31 cases of damp heat affecting the spleen, and 26 healthy people were involved in the control group. The peripheral vessel diagnostic system was adopted to get the toe photoplethysmogram (PPG) and ankle brachial index (ABI) to observe the blood perfusion of limb terminals and the functional state of lower limb arteries. The relation between function of vessels of lower extremities and TCM syndrome was analyzed. Results All the diabetic groups were related with the arterial blood supply of toe terminals. Diabetes was the main risk factor in affecting the terminal blood supply (P
