Research on traditional Chinese medicine syndromes and symptoms of polycystic ovary syndrome based on modern literature

Abstract

Objective To probe into the distribution characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine syndromes of polycystic ovary syndrome and lay the foundation of the establishment of polycystic ovary syndrome’s TCM diagnostic criteria. Methods Relevant modern literature was researched from CNKI and Wanfang and PubMed during 1949-2016, and a total of 257 literature were retrieved and included into the database. The title, author, name of syndromes and symptoms were listed in Excel and Access, and the original syndromes and symptoms were standardized and combined, and the frequency more than 2% items were analyzed. Results The high-frequency TCM syndromes of polycystic ovary syndrome were: phlegm-dampness, kidney asthenia, kidney yang deficiency, kidney asthenia and blood stasis, phlegm-blood stasis, liver depression and kidney asthenia, depression of the liver generated pathogenic fire, blood stasis, kidney yin deficiency, qi stagnation and blood stasis, spleen and kidney’s yang deficiency, spleen asthenia and phlegm-dampness, liver depression, liver depression and qi stagnation. The symptoms were summarized. The current situation of the researches on traditional Chinese medicine syndromes of polycystic ovary syndrome was discussed. Conclusions The nature of the disease were mainly excessive and deficiency syndrome. The main disease locations were kidney, liver and spleen. The pathogenic factors mainly were phlegm-dampness and static blood. There were deficiencies in the researches on traditional Chinese medicine syndromes of polycystic ovary syndrome which required improvements and further studies. Key words: Polycystic ovary syndrome; TCM syndrome; literature research