Abstract:Objective To analyze the distribution law of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) constitution in asthmatic children in remission stage, for providing a theoretical basis for children with asthma remission seeking individualized intervention methods of TCM. Methods A total of 212 children with asthma in remission stage who visited Dalian Children′s Hospital from January 2018 to January 2020 were selected for TCM constitution evaluation as the remission stage group, and 100 healthy children in the same period were selected for comparison as the healthy group. The distribution difference of TCM constitutions was compared between the two groups. Results The TCM constitutions of children in remission stage of asthma had certain commonness, and most of them were biased constitutions, 3-6 years old children with asthma in remission stage of bias mainly lung insufficiency, special essential quality, stomach strong spleen deficiency, and the differences were statistically significant compared with healthy children (P<0.05). The common biased constitutions of 7-14 years old children with asthma in remission stage were special intrinsic quality, qi deficiency quality and qi stagnation quality, among which the differences were statistically significant compared with the healthy group (P<0.05). Conclusion The types of TCM constitutions in asthmatic children in remission stage are mainly biased, and the types of biased constitutions are different in different age stages. In the clinical treatment, the TCM constitution of children with asthma should be considered comprehensively.
冷玲;黄燕. 哮喘缓解期儿童中医体质分析[J]. 中国当代医药, 2021, 28(3): 196-199.
LENG Ling; HUANG Yan. Analysis of traditional Chinese medicine constitution of asthmatic children in remission stage. 中国当代医药, 2021, 28(3): 196-199.