title: [Differentiation of somatoform disorders in TCM acupuncture-moxibustion outpatient service].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To strengthen differentiation of somatoform disorders and probe into regular rules of TCM syndrome differentiation treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical data of 93 cases of somatoform disorders were collected from clinic departments of TCM acupuncture and moxibustion in general hospitals, and were divided into somatoform disorders group (n=41), depression group (n=30) and neurosis group (n=22) according to diagnostic criteria of CCMD-III. Zung's self-evaluating anxiety scale (SAS), and self-evaluating depression scale (SDS) were used for quantitative evaluation and comparison of severities of emotional disorders, and TCM syndrome type differentiation was carried out.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Somatoform disorders were most marked by pain, abnormal sensation of the skin mainly on the head, four limbs, etc. in TCM acupuncture and moxibustion clinic department, and the severities of anxiety and depression in the somatoform disorders group are lower than those in other two groups, and stagnation of the liver-qi is main TCM syndrome.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Strengthening differentiation of somatoform disorders, treatment based on the liver and exerting advantages of TCM in diagnosis and treatment may increase clinical therapeutic effects on somatoform disorders in TCM acupuncture and moxibustion treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of TCM, Third Hospital of Peking University, Beijing 100083, China. guojia65@163.com
authors.forename: Jia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: He-chun
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Luo
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D009071:Moxibustion; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy