Preliminary Study on TCM Symptoms and Syndrome Factors in 451 Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease at Different Stages

Objective:Syndrome factors were studied preliminarily among 451 patients with chronic kidney disease of different stages,which can be a reference for the TCM clinical differentiation of syndrome.Methods:Descriptive statistics were adopted,and TCM symptoms and syndrome factors were studied preliminarily.Results:Chronic kidney disease patients in stages one and two were mainly spleen-kidney Qi deficiency syndrome blood stasis syndrome.Patients in stage three were mainly liver-kidney Qi and Yin deficiency syndrome and varying degrees of Yang deficiency and blood stasis syndrome.Patients in stage four were mainly liver-kidney Qi and Yin deficiency syndrome,spleen-kidney Yang deficiency syndrome,water-damp syndrome and blood stasis syndrome.Patients in stage five were deficiency and excess syndromes,which were Qi,xue,Yin and Yang deficiency syndroms,water-damp syndrome,retained water syndrome and blood stasis syndrome.Conclusion:TCM Syndrome character of chronic kidney disease is Ben-deficiency syndrome and the Biao-excess syndrome,and blood stasis syndrome is accompanied;The Ben-deficiency syndrome in early stages which are Qi and Yin deficiency is developed to Yin and Yang deficiency syndrome in the late stage.The Biao-excess syndrome is mainly characterized by water-damp syndrome and blood stasis syndrome.