Chinese medicine patterns in patients with post-stroke dementia.
A stroke often results in post-stroke dementia, a rapid decline in memory and intelligence causing dysfunctions in daily life. The Chinese medicine doctor uses 4 examinations of inspection, listening, smelling, and feeling to determine the Chinese medicine pattern (CMP). Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the CMP in patients with post-stroke dementia. A total of 101 stroke patients were examined, consistent with the DSM IV diagnostic criteria of the American Psychiatric Association, as well as the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke-Association International pour Ia Recherche et I'Enseignement en Neurosciences vascular dementia diagnostic criteria of post-stroke dementia.


RESULTS
100 patients (99.0%) were KEDP (kidney essence deficiency pattern, shèn jīng kuī xū zhèng, ), 83 patients were AHLYP (ascendant hyperactivity of liver yang pattern, gān yáng shàng kàng zhèng, ), 83 patients were QBDP (qi-blood deficiency pattern, qì xuè kuī xū zhèng, ), 81 patients were SBOCP (static blood obstructing the collaterals pattern, yū xuè zǔ luò zhèng, ), 72 patients were BSTRP (bowels stagnation turbidity retention pattern, fǔ zhì zhuó liú zhèng, ), 50 patients were FHIEP (fire heat interior excess pattern, huǒ rè nèi sheng zhèng, ), and 39 participants (38.6%) were PTOOP (phlegm turbidity obstructing the orifices pattern, tán zhuó zǔ qiào zhèng, ); one to 31 patients have at least 2 CMPs simultaneously. In conclusion, the most CMP is KEDP CMP in the post-stroke dementia patients, and one patient may have one or at least 2 CMPs simultaneously.
School of Chinese Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, 40402, Taiwan.
Nou-Ying
NY
Tang
Department of Neurology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, 40402, Taiwan.
Chung-Hsiang
CH
Liu
Graduate Institute of Acupuncture Science, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, 40402, Taiwan.
Hsu-Jan
HJ
Liu
Graduate Institute of Biostatistics, College of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, 40402, Taiwan.
Tsai-Chung
TC
Li
Department of Neurology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, 40402, Taiwan.
Jui-Chen
JC
Liu
Department of Neurology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, 40402, Taiwan.
Ping-Kun
PK
Chen
Graduate Institute of Acupuncture Science, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, 40402, Taiwan ; Acupuncture Research Center, China Medical University, Taichung, 40402, Taiwan ; Department of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, 40402, Taiwan.
Ching-Liang
CL
Hsieh
Chinese medicine pattern; post-stroke dementia; scale for the differentiation of syndromes of vascular dementia (SDSVD)