title: [Clinical research of Chinese medicine syndromes of hyperlipidemia inpatients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the Chinese medicine (CM) syndrome typing of hyperlipidemia inpatients, thus exploring the CM syndrome typing laws.
  
  
  METHODS
  The clinical materials, including blood lipids, grading,complications, CM symptoms, and manifestations of tongue and pulse were recorded using self-formulated epidemiological questionnaire of CM syndrome in hyperlipidemia, and then these materials were statistically analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Gan-qi stagnation syndrome (66.46%) was the most often seen syndrome in the 316 hyperlipidemia inpatients. Gan stagnation Pi-deficiency syndrome (35.44%), Gan-Shen yin deficiency syndrome (16.77%), Pi-Shen yang deficiency syndrome (13.61%), inner stagnation of phlegm and stasis syndrome (13.29%), hyperactivity of yang and hypoactivity of yin syndrome (9. 18%) were 5 common syndromes of hyperlipidemia. Gan stagnation Pi-deficiency syndrome occupied an important position among all types and at various levels. Results from the lipid classification of hyperlipidemia showed that mixed type with low HDL-C was the most often seen (108/316, 34.18%), followed by mixed hyperlipidemia (81/316, 25.63%). Totally the mixing type accounted for 59.81% (189/316), higher than hypertriglyceridemia (16.77%) and hypercholesterolemia (23.42%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Gan stagnation pi-deficiency syndrome might be the core syndrome affecting the lipid metabolism of hyperlipidemia. Mixed hyperlipidemia was the most often seen in clinics. Clinical medication should cover actions of decreasing TC and TG, and increasing HDL-C.
authors.affiliation: Key Lab for Chinese Medicine Prevention and Treatment of Metabolism Diseases, Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou.
authors.forename: Sheng-hua
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Piao
authors.forename: Jiao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Zhu-ping
authors.initials: ZP
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007297:Inpatients; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged