A viewpoint of environment concerned therapy through exploring the body constitute distribution of Shimian county

Abstract

Objective To investigate the difference of TCM body constitution betweenpeople of the Shimian county and Chengdu city. Methods 200 sub-health patients in clinic of Shimian TCM Hospital were selected randomly. Another 200 sub-health patients in clinic of the Second Sichuan Province Hospital of TCM wererandomly selected. The two groups were identified with TCM body constitution based on the clinical symptoms, tongue, pulse condition, etc. Comparisons on body constitution were made between the two groups. Results In Chengdu, patients withbalance constitution and Qi deficiency constitution （respectively have the proportion of 33.0% and 20.0%）were significantly higher than thoseof Shimian County（the proportion of the two wererespectively 4.0% and 6.0%）;while Shimian County have a significantly higher ratio of phlegm dampness and blood stasis constitution（43.5% and 13.0%）than those in Chengdu city（the proportion of the two wererespectively 8.0%and 4.0%）, P〈0.01. Conclusion Because of different regions, the population constitution ratio wasdifferent, so the disease tendency wasalso somewhat different. Therefore, physicians should give full consideration to the regional factors in diagnosing and treating patients. Key words: TCM constitution; Environment concerned therapy; Phlegm dampness constitution