| Institution: | 1. College of Basic Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China;2. College of Basic Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201230, China;3. College of Foreign Language, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China;4. College of Basic Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201230, China |
| Abstract: | ObjectiveTo use the theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) to identify the major symptom patterns of Parkinson's disease.MethodsJournal databases were searched for relevant articles in the last 30 years. Articles were reviewed for symptom patterns of Parkinson's disease and analyzed using frequency analysis, cluster analysis, and other methods of data extraction.ResultsThe analyses indicated that the most frequent symptom patterns of Parkinson's disease are yin deficiency of kidney and liver, deficiency of Qi and blood, phlegm heat and wind stirring, blood stasis and wind stirring, and deficiency of yin and yang.ConclusionTaken together, the analyses identified the primary symptom patterns of Parkinson's disease as Yin deficiency of kidney and liver, deficiency of Qi and blood, phlegm heat and wind stirring, and blood stasis and wind stirring. |
