[Research on rules of distribution and development of traditional Chinese medicine syndromes of 2,237 HIV/AIDS cases].
HIV/AIDS patients in high prevalence areas with different routes of infection (sexually transmitted 878 cases, 527 cases of intravenous drug user, paid blood donor 652 cases) were choosen for traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndrome investigation for one-year clinical follow-up. This paper primarily concluded the nature, location and pathogenesis of AIDS diseases. Deficiency of Yang and Yin, combining deficiency of Qi are the basic deficiency syndromes, while stagnation of dampness, toxic fire are the excess syndromes; the disease location of HIV infector is spleen, main syndrome is deficiency of spleen Qi; the disease location of AIDS patient is kidney, main syndrome is deficiency of spleen and kidney Yang. The pathogenic development tendency is from deficiency of Qi to combining stagnation of dampness and toxic fire, finally to deficiency of Qi and Yin, deficiency of Yang.
AIDS Research Center, Clinical Evaluation Center, China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100700, China.
Jian
J
Wang
Ying
Y
Liu
Wen
W
Zou
Hong-Juan
HJ
Li
Li-Yun
LY
He
Ji-Peng
JP
Dong
Yu-Wen
YW
Cen
Xin
X
Deng
Li
L
Wang
Guo-Liang
GL
Zhang
Jian-Hua
JH
Hu
Shi-Ping
SP
Xie
Jiang-Rong
JR
Wang
Xiao-Jing
XJ
Wang
Yan-Ping
YP
Ma
Xiao-Ping
XP
Yang
Yong
Y
Li
Shui-Qing
SQ
Liu
Xia
X
Li
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult