title: [Epidemiological survey on etiology of Gan-qi inversion syndrome and Gan-qi stagnation syndrome and study on the evocative mode of emotional diseases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the etiology of Gan-qi inversion syndrome and Gan-qi stagnation syndrome, and to study the evocative mode of emotional diseases.
  
  
  METHODS
  One thousand and twenty-six subjects, engaged as workers, cadres, teachers and farmers, come from Qingdao City, Jinan City and Qingyun County were surveyed adopting the on-spot investigation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The percentage of patients with Gan-qi inversion or stagnation syndrome caused by emotional internal injury was 53.9%; the emotional stimulations were primary the angry with compunction and the gloomy angry with grievance, secondly the unacquirable wishes, anxiety and grief.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Emotional stimulation is the main cause of Gan-qi inversion or stagnation syndromes, cross actions of several emotional factors directly impairing Gan is the main evocative mode of emotional diseases.
authors.affiliation: Shandong University of TCM, Jinan. qmingqi@163.com
authors.forename: Ming-Qi
authors.initials: MQ
authors.lastname: Qiao
authors.forename: Wen-Yan
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hui-Yun
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D019413:Qi; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013577:Syndrome