[Objective] To explore the characteristics of syndrome of multiple system atrophy.[Methods] According to the diagnosis standard of multiple system atrophy described by Gilman etc. using the cross section method, the Chinese medicine information of 48 firstly diagnosed patients with multiple system atrophy were collected and their characteristics of syndrome were analyzed.[Results] The main symptoms and signs included dizziness when standing up, walking unsteadily, talking slowly and weakly, slurred speech, tantrum, sweating abnormally, asynodia, urining and stoolling imbalance, felling the legs and waist debilitation and cool, facial expression etiolate, dark lips and texture of tongue, greasy fur, slide or fine or weak pulse.[Conclusion] The feature of pathogenesis of this disease includes liver, spleen, kidney, obvious weak ZANG-organ of five ZANG-organ; excess and deficiency mixing penetrate the process of the development of this disease; yang asthenia and QI sinking are the turnover of this disease. The main syndrome types are: asdthenic splenonephro-yang, phlegmatic hygrosis internal resistance, liver and kidney debility, stagnation of blood stasis; yang asthenia and QI singking. |