title: [The Chinese medicine syndrome typing mode at the same level is the key point to explore the syndrome laws of disease. An inspiration from studying Chinese medicine syndrome laws of polycystic ovarian syndrome].
abstract: Chinese medicine (CM) syndrome typing methods not only provides information on the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, but also embodies the whole process of their occurrence, development, and prognosis. Standard syndrome typing methods can provide a testing platform for clinical efficacy assessment and scientific research work. By my 16 years' clinical experience, inter-group comparison of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) patients of different CM syndrome types at the same level (reproductive endocrinology and metabolism) was conducted. They were also compared with the healthy subjects. Results showed that homogeneity and heterogeneity exist in PCOS patients of different CM syndromes in the reproductive endocrine and metabolic characteristics, which is important to understand the laws between the pathological changes and syndrome types of PCOS. It is also a good inspiration to understand and clarify the correlation between the asthenia of Zang-Fu organs in CM theories and PCOS. Therefore, I believe that it is necessary to explore the laws of each CM syndrome type at the same level of syndrome typing, thus finding out the pathogenesis of PCOS. Only in this way could the clinical efficacy and the research level of integrative medicine be effectively improved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Integrative Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai. snakewang9@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Xing-juan
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D055048:Integrative Medicine; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000379:methods*; D011085:Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*