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[Study on relations between characteristics of traditional chinese medicine body constitutions and syndromes in COPD patients].

The specific theoretical system of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) body constitutions had beening gradually founded, which showed TCM body constitutions comprehensively and introduced the clinical treatment. According to TCM body constitutions, it was benefit to recognize and prevent diseases through investigating the susceptible body and discussing the relation between constitutions and syndromes, and since TCM body constitutions leaded the characteristic of susceptibility and tendency of diseases and the body was stable but changed later. TCM body constitutions of 498 COPDs were diagnosed by questionnaires and the relation between the constitutions and syndromes were analyzed. The result showed that the constitutions of Qi asthenia, of phlegm-dampness and of damp-heat were common constitutions in COPDs. There was a significant correlation between TCM body constitutions and syndromes. Thus, during different period of COPD taking the treatment of adjusting the constitutions especially biased constitutions and combining "recognizing constitutions" and "recognizing syndromes" are benefit to increase the effect of prevention and treatment, and are significant to decrease the incidence and prevalence.

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