title: A clinical study on TCM differentiation of symptoms and signs in pregnancy hypertension syndrome.
abstract: An epidemiological investigation was made into the diagnostic types of 457 cases of pregnancy classified according to differentiation of symptoms and signs by traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) with the aim of finding out its relationship with pregnancy hypertension syndrome (PHS). The total occurrence rate of PHS was 36.8%. In early pregnancy, 65.9% of patients with deficiency of yin of the liver had a high rate of developing PHS, while in the intermediate stage, 61.6% of patients with deficiency of the spleen and exuberance of the liver were most liable to develop it. In 50 cases diagnosed and treated on the basis of TCM differentiation of symptoms and signs the incidence was reduced to be 20%. The changes of such biochemical indices as ACh, AChE, cholic acid and gastrin in different diagnostic types during pregnancy, as well as the effect of spleen-invigorating therapy on these indices in pregnancy with deficiency of the spleen were also observed.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Obstetrical and Gynecological Hospital.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sha
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D016710:Yin Deficiency / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal