Title :
Research on the pattern of TCM and severity for atopic dermatitis: A retrospective study
Author :
Wei Zhao ; Xiu-Mei Mo ; Da-Can Chen ; Chi Liu ; Jun-Feng Liu ; Qing Wu ; Hong-Yi Li
Author_Institution :
2nd Sch. of Clinic Med., Guangzhou Univ. of Chinese Med., Guangzhou, China
Abstract :
To analyze the distribution of pattern of atopic dermatitis (AD) in patients by traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), conditions and lesion characteristics, and explore the correlation of them. 314 cases of patients were included in the study, the pattern of AD by TCM high to low by frequency are hyperactive heart fire and spleen(Xin-Huo-Pi-Xu), spleen deficiency with dampness encumbrance(Pi-Xu-Shi-Yun), heat accumulation of the heart and spleen(Xin-Pi-Ji-Re), dampenss-heat in vivo (Shi-Re-Nei-Yun) and blood deficiency and wind-dryness (Xue-Xu-Feng-Zao), hyperactive heart fire and spleen (Xin-Huo-Pi-Xu) may be associated with the acute, infants and children phase of the disease, spleen deficiency with dampness encumbrance(Pi-Xu-Shi-Yun) may be associated with chronic, adolescent and adults phase.
Keywords :
biological organs; biomechanics; diseases; patient diagnosis; skin; TCM pattern research; adolescent phase; adults phase; atopic dermatitis pattern distribution; blood deficiency; children phase; chronic phase; dampness encumbrance; disease; heart heat accumulation; hyperactive heart fire; in vivo dampenss-heat; infant phase; lesion characteristics; retrospective study; spleen deficiency; spleen heat accumulation; traditional chinese medicine; wind-dryness; Diseases; Fires; Heart; Hospitals; Lesions; Medical diagnostic imaging; Pediatrics; atopic dermatitis; severity; the pattern of TCM;
Conference_Titel :
Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), 2014 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Belfast
DOI :
10.1109/BIBM.2014.6999362
