| Objective To investigate the correlation between body status of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and the symptom differentitation in osteoporosis. Methods According to the diagnosis criteria of TCM and western medicine, patients diagnosed with osteoporosis were clarified into different clinical pattern according to their body status and symptom differentitation. The correlation and the rule were analyzed and summarized. Results The most symptom differentiation pattern of TCM was deficient qi of spleen and stomach in the 300 cases, accounting for 23%. The next most was deficiency of liver and kidney, accounting for 22%. The followings were deficiency of kidney yang, deficiency of kidney yin, deficiency of qi and blood, syndrome of blood stasis, flaccidity of bones, stagnation of liver qi, phlegmatic hygrosis, and damp heat. The highest occurrence in 9 body status clarification was yin deficiency. The followings were qi deficiency, yang deficiency, blood stasis, specific status, plain status, phlegmatic hygrosis, damp and heat status, and qi depression. Conclusion It is suggested that the highest occurrence in TCM body status is yin deficiency and qi deficiency, and deficient qi of spleen and stomach and deficiency of liver and kidney in symptom differentiation pattern. It explains the close correlation between body status and osteoporosis. |