ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To explore the relationship between alcohol intake and traditional Chinese medicine Syndrome type in patients with cardio-cerebral diseases. METHODS: Study was conducted in 1013 selected inpatients with myocardial infarction (MI) or/and cerebral infarction (CI) by logistic multivariate regression analysis and comparison among groups. RESULTS: The scores of blood stasis syndrome showed a decreasing tendency along the increasing of alcohol intake, but it cannot prove that taking alcohol could prevent blood stasis. The scores of dampness-heat syndrome increased in patients who had chronically taken alcohol in large dose. CONCLUSION: Dampness-heat syndrome induced by alcohol is one of the basic mechanisms of cardio-cerebral diseases. Alcohol intake should be restricted.
