Epidemiological Investigation of Prevalence of Yin and Yang Deficiency Syndrome on Different Nationalities in Xinjiang Autonomous Region
- VernacularTitle:新疆各地不同民族阴阳虚证流行病学调查分析
- Author:
Yan WANG
;
De JIANG
;
Mingxin ZHOU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Xinjiang;
Yin and Yang deficiency syndrome;
Epidemiology research
- From:
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
1993;0(04):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the prevalence and distribution of Yin and Yang deficiency syndrome on different nationalities in different parts of Xinjiang in order to offer epidemiology evidence for the research on the cause of dryness syndrome in northwest China.Methods The questionnaire was designed according to the Chinese medicine theories and the sampling questionnaire investigation in five regions including Hotan Xinjiang and Leshan Sichuan and Shanghai was carried out.Then a computation differentiation of Yin and Yang deficiency syndrome was done for the statistical analysis.Results Totally 5544 questionnaires were accomplished.In the five regions except Urumqi,the incidence of Yin and Yang deficiency syndrome in Xinjiang was higher than that of Shanghai and Sichuan(P
