Analysis on the TCM Syndrome Characteristics of Aging in Female Insomnia Patients
10.19879/j.cnki.1005-5304.202504593
- VernacularTitle:女性失眠患者衰老情况的中医证候特征分析
- Author:
Ke NIE
1
;
Ying CHEN
;
Juanjuan AI
;
Weiwei ZHONG
;
Deyu YANG
;
Rujin ZHENG
;
Xin SONG
;
Wenzheng ZHANG
;
Lifeng YUE
Author Information
1. 北京中医药大学东直门医院,北京 100700
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
women;
insomnia;
aging;
syndrome elements;
TCM syndrome
- From:
Chinese Journal of Information on Traditional Chinese Medicine
2025;32(12):148-153
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To analyze the characteristics of TCM symptoms of aging in female insomnia patients;To provide syndrome differentiation evidence for clinical prevention and treatment of female aging.Methods A cross-sectional study method was used to include female insomnia patients who attended outpatient clinics at Dongzhimen Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine,Beijing Changping District Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine,and the Third Affiliated Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine from August 2021 to July 2024.The patients'clinical information was collected,and frequency analysis,factor analysis,and clustering analysis of the relevant clinical information of the 107 female insomnia patients were conducted,which,together with the experts'opinions,resulted in characteristics of TCM syndrome elements and syndrome distribution of aging in female insomnia patients.Results Totally 20 core items were screened and 7 common factors were obtained from the factor analysis.There were 5 types of syndrome elements of disease location associated with aging symptoms in female patients with insomnia,including heart,liver,spleen,kidney and lung;and there were 7 types of syndrome elements of disease property,including qi deficiency,yin deficiency,qi stagnation,blood deficiency,heat,phlegm,and dampness.There were 4 types of syndromes were obtained from the systematic clustering,including heart-kidney disharmony syndrome,heart-liver stagnation syndrome,spleen deficiency and qi stagnation syndrome,lung-spleen qi deficiency syndrome.Conclusion By analyzing the TCM syndrome characteristics of aging symptoms in female patients with insomnia,four types of syndromes are obtained.The heart-kidney disharmony syndrome is the common syndrome.The internal relationship between insomnia and aging process in female patients with insomnia is revealed from the perspective of pathogenesis,which can provide a research basis for the clinical practice of TCM anti-aging guided by syndrome differentiation and treatment in the future.
