Study on TCM Syndrome Types of Chronic Pulmonary Heart Disease Based on Modern Literatures

Objective To study the TCM syndrome characteristics of chronic pulmonary heart disease and to summarize its basic law.Methods Literatures on chronic pulmonary heart disease since 1989 to 2009 were searched.The TCM syndromes involved were organized and a database was established.Then the names of those syndromes were standardized.The data of syndrome frequency before and after standardization were analyzed by statistical software.Results Totel of 120 articles were involved,including 225 kinds of TCM syndromes.The syndromes whose frequency1% had a proportion of 7.6%(17/225).While after the standardization,the syndromes reduced to 122 kinds.The syndromes whose frequency 1% had a proportion of 18.9%(23/122).After the standardization,there were 73 kinds during acute exacerbation period and 77 kinds for unstaged ones,and the syndromes whose frequency1% had a proportion of 43.8%(32/73),35.1%(27/77).The syndrome types on remission stage were relatively less.Conclusion There are various kinds of TCM syndrome types on chronic pulmonary heart disease,the use of terms is lack of standardization,the study on remission stage is not enough.So the distribution of TCM syndrome types found now can not fully reflect the syndrome law on the disease.