ABSTRACT
Objective:
To analyze the characteristics of the healthy
state of TCM (
Traditional Chinese Medicine) of
female, and preliminarily constructs the model of TCM
health status identification of
female with
menstrual cycle.
Methods:
The text of
disease diagnosis and
syndrome differentiation of menstrual-cycle-linked disorders from Guidelines for
diagnosis and
treatment of common
disease of
gynecology in
Traditional Chinese Medicine was analyzed, and the symptoms related with
viscera functions, the waxing and waning of
qi and
blood, and pathogenic properties were extracted. The
questionnaires of
diseases and
syndrome elements differentiation of
female by calculating the weight relationship between symptoms and
health status were designed to estimate the interior
state of waxing and waning of
yin-yang by figuring out the different periods of menstrual, and in the last step,
Constitution in
Chinese medicine Questionnaire was used to identify the
constitution. Through the above four identification
methods, a comprehensive identification of the
female's
health status of TCM was formed.
Results:
Through the
disease identification model, we distinguished the
state of
disease and yet
disease. And through the
syndrome elements differentiation model, we knew the
viscera functions, the waxing and waning of
qi-
blood and
yin-yang, and pathogenic properties. And by identifying the internal
qi-
blood and
yin-yang status, we initially built the model that can identify
health status of
female integrally with the
constitution.
Conclusion:
The model identification results can reflect the comprehensive
health status of
female in multiple dimensions. It can make a fine
classification of
women.s TCM
health status. It can not only help to know the previous
health status but also help to speculate the
future health trend, which contributes to the formulation of personalized
health interventions of follow-up.