Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome by Oral Administration of Chinese Medicines and Retention-Enema——A Report of 50 Cases

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a common disease of intestinal dysfunction, is also called emotional enteritis, mucous enteritis, irritable colon and so on1. It is often lingering with a long disease course and is easy to recur. The author has in recent years treated 50 cases of the disease by oral administration of Chinese medicines and retention-enema, with satisfactory results reported as follows.

Rule of Chinese Medicine Syndrome Differentiation in the Patients with Thoracic Diseases at Perioperation Stage

Objective： To study the rule of syndrome differentiation in the patients with thoracic diseases at perioperation stage. Methods： A standard was created referring to the related literature, and it was applied to differentiate the Chinese medicine syndrome in 150 patients before and three days after thoracic operation. Results： Before operation, Chinese medicine syndromes were as differentiated as phlegm type in 45.3%, blood stasis type in 17.3%, and qi-stagnancy type in 16.0%. The patients with asthenia syndrome markedly increased after operation, accounting for 34.0% （51 patients, including qi-, yin-, and blood-deficiency syndromes）. The most frequently seen intermixed syndromes were qi-deficiency with phlegm-stasis syndrome and Pi （脾）-deficiency with phlegm-dampness syndrome. The intermixed syndromes revealed in 37.5% and 42.0% of the patients before and after operation, respectively. Conclusion： The syndrome in the patients with thoracic disease before operation was mostly the excessive syndrome, mainly the phlegm syndrome type; at postoperation stage, Chinese medicine syndrome in patients become asthenia in essence with excessive superficiality, which is mostly revealed as Pi-deficiency with phlegm-dampness.

Immune Reconstitution——the Footing of Chinese Medicine Treatment for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Acquired immuno- deficiency syndrome （AIDS） is caused by human immunodeficiency virus （HIV）. It has spread all over in the world, seriously jeopardizing people＇s physical and mental health and their life since the first case was announced by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention in 1981.

Correlation between signs of living body in abdominal and pelvic cavities and syndrome typing of Chinese medicine in colorectal cancer patients

Objective To explore the correlation between signs of living body in abdominal and pelvic cavities and syndrome typing of Chinese medicine(CM)in colorectal cancer patients.Methods Totally 112 colorectal cancer patients undergoing open abdominal surgery or laporoscopic surgery were syndrome typed as five fypes,i.e.,inner-accumulation of damp and heat,blockage of

Objectified Study on Tongue Images of Patients with Lung Cancer of Different Syndromes

Objective：To describe the characteristic of tongue images of patients with lung cancer of different Chinese medicine（CM） syndromes and to reveal the elemental rule on the changes of the tongue images. Methods：A total of 207 patients with lung cancer were divided into four syndrome groups according to the theory of CM：Fei（肺） and Shen（肾） deficiency syndrome（Group A,72 cases）,Pi（脾） deficiency and phlegm dampness syndrome（Group B,57 cases）,phlegm-heat retention in Fei（Group C,36 cases） and yin asthenia generating intrinsic heat syndrome（Group D,42 cases）.The tongue parameters were detected by tongue image digital analysis instrument,and the tongue images were described with qualitative,tongue color and quantitative analysis,respectively.The International Commission on Illumination（CIE） L~＊a~＊b~＊（CIELAB） color model was used for the quantitative classification.Results：There was a significant statistical difference between different syndrome groups of lung cancer on tongue color,coating color,and thickness of tongue coating（P0.01）,and there was significant statistical difference between the four syndrome groups on Lab values of the tongue and coating（P0.05）.The correct identification rate of discriminant function on the raw data was 65.7%,including 72.2%for Group C,69.4%for Group A,69.0%for Group D and 54.4%for Group B.Conclusions：A tongue image digital analysis instrument can objectively describe the tongue features of patients with different syndromes of lung cancer.The tongue diagnosis is very important to syndrome differentiation in CM.Tongue diagnosis should be combined with some important characteristics of syndromes in the future to establish a＂combination of four examination methods,including inspection,auscultation,interrogation,and pulse-feeling and palpation＂in the tongue diagnostic system.