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| The characteristics of TCM syndromes of psychosomatic disorders in climacteric women |
| Hits 1323 Download times 929 Received:January 21, 2014 |
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| DOI
10.11656/j.issn.1672-1519.2014.05.04 |
| Key Words
climacteric;women;psychophysiologic disorders;TCM syndrome |
| Author Name | Affiliation | | MEI Yan | Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Tianjin Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated Hospital, Tianjin 300120, China | | SUN Hao | Department of pharmacy, Tianjin Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated Hospital, Tianjin 300120, China | | WANG Gui-ping | Department of gynaecology, Tianjin Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated Hospital, Tianjin 300120, China | | ChENG Hong-yan | Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Tianjin Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated Hospital, Tianjin 300120, China | | WANG Yue-tong | Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China | | XUE Lei | Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Tianjin Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated Hospital, Tianjin 300120, China |
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| Abstract
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| [Objective] To study the characteristics of emotional disorder and the characteristics of Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM) syndrome in climacteric women, provides the reference to cure and prevent disease for menopausal women in both physical and mental. [Methods] The 157 cases of women with climacteric syndrome in the age group of 46～52 as the research object, assessed menopausal symptoms by the questionnaire of modified Kupperman Index, assessed anxiety disorder, depression by SAS and SDS, and used TCM syndrome questionnaire to assess its syndrome. [Results] The 157 patients have the modified Kupperman score above 11 points,were co-morbid moderate or severe anxiety and depression as the characteristic. The anxiety degree is severer than depressive degree(P<0.01). The distribution of TCM syndrome of climacteric syndrome in the four different types of mood disorder in patients is similar(P>0.05), more have excess syndrome(Stagnation of liver qi, fire due to qi stagnation, stagnation of phlegm and Qi) than deficiency syndrome (heart-spleen deficiency and heart-kidney yin deficiency). The distribution of phlegm and blood stasis in the four different types of mood disorder in patients is similar too (P>0.05), concurrently with phlegm stasis. [Conclusion] Menopausal syndrome patients with mood disorders have co-morbid anxiety and depression as characteristics, mainly have excess syndrome,and with phlegm and blood stasis,, therefore psychosomatic treatment should be regarded as principle for female climacteric syndrome. |
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