TCM symptoms of anxiety disorders studied based on modern literature

Objective To investigate the distribution characteristics of TCM symptoms related to anxiety disorders.Methods The databases of CNKI,WanFang Database and CBM were retrieved for collecting the literature related to TCM symptoms of anxiety disorder.The frequency and rate of syndromes and syndrome factors were statistically treated.Results There were 36 literature retrieved and 54 syndrome types summed up.The syndrome types with the frequency more than 10 times included liver qi depression,heart-gallbladder qi deficiency,yin deficiency with effulgent fire,internal harassment of phlegm-heat,dual deficiency of heart and spleen and depressed qi transforming into fire.There were 21 syndrome factors summarized,among them 6 syndrome factors related to disease locations,including heart,liver,kidney,spleen,gallbladder and stomach,and 15 related to disease nature and those with the frequency more than 10 times including qi stagnation,fire-heat,qi deficiency and yin deficiency.Conclusion The study initially reflects the distribution laws of common syndromes and syndrome factors,which can be taken as a reference and evidence for determining the standard of TCM syndrome classification.