Menopause in German and Chinese women—An analysis of symptoms, TCM-diagnosis and hormone status

Rampp, Thomas; Tan, Linda G.; Zhang, Lin; Sun, Zilong; Klose, Petra; Dobos, Gustav

doi:10.1007/s11655-008-0194-1

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“…Most of the people recruited in our study were between 20 and 55 years old, change of Yang-qi during this age group may follow a bell-shaped pattern, thus Yang-Deficient Consitution was proved to have no linear correlation with age in this study. Whether the correlation between Yang-Deficient Consitution and gender was due to sex hormonal level needs further elucidation [27, 28]. Malnutrition is also a factor to be considered.…”

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The Association between Yang-Deficient Constitution and Clinical Outcome of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy on People Living with HIV

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Zhang

et al. 2013

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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Objective. To determine the association between Yang-Deficient Constitution and the clinical outcomes of HIV/AIDS patients who have initiated highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Method. A total of 197 antiretroviral-naive adults who initiated HAART between 2009 and 2011 were recruited. The participants were asked to complete a questionnaire twice to assess their Yang-Deficient Constitution status before HAART. During the study, signs and symptoms and CD4 or CD8 T cell counts were recorded. Routine blood and biochemical tests were conducted. For the patients who were found to have infections, pathologic examination was performed. Statistical test of association of clinical attributes and demographic factors with Yang-Deficient Constitution was conducted. Result. Good test-retest reliability was observed for Yang-Deficient Constitution scoring. The median Yang-Deficient Constitution score of 142 eligible participants was 25. Female (score = 32.14, P < 0.05), hepatotoxicity (32.14, P < 0.1), nephrotoxicity (37.50, P < 0.1), total number of adverse events (P < 0.1), and mortality (39.29, P < 0.05) were associated with Yang-Deficient Consitution, while annual changes or nadir values of CD4 or CD8 T lymphocytes, and newly acquired infections after starting HAART were not. Mortality was also associated with total number of adverse events (P < 0.05), hepatotoxicity (P < 0.05), and nephrotoxicity (P < 0.05). Conclusion. Yang-Deficient Constitution score has a potential to be developed as a predictor for early HIV-related mortality and side effects. The interrelation and underlying mechanisms should be further investigated for evidence-based design of a more appropriate treatment strategy.

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The Association between Yang-Deficient Constitution and Clinical Outcome of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy on People Living with HIV

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et al. 2013

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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“…Findings from the studies identify women who chose TCM to treat menopausal symptoms as commonly experiencing vasomotor symptoms (hot fl ushes and night sweats) 32,33,39,40,42,43,49,52 , and emotional changes (depression, anxiety and irritability) 32,33,40,43,52 . These two sets of symptoms are thus regarded as the most relevant complaints, followed by dryness of mouth/eyes 32,33,39,43 , sleeplessness 32,33,40,43 , and headache 32,33,38,40 .…”

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“…These two sets of symptoms are thus regarded as the most relevant complaints, followed by dryness of mouth/eyes 32,33,39,43 , sleeplessness 32,33,40,43 , and headache 32,33,38,40 . TCM was regarded as a ' supplementary method ' for some Chinese Singaporean menopausal women when managing abnormal menstrual bleeding 52 .…”

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“…One study carried out in Germany and China simultaneously reported that more than half of the symptomatic German menopausal women suffered from kidney yang defi ciency syndrome, whereas the most frequent pattern of Chinese women with menopausal symptoms was kidney yin defi ciency syndrome 39 . Another study demonstrated the inconsistency of TCM syndromes diagnosed for symptomatic postmenopausal women in London with the patterns documented in Chinese TCM textbooks 47 .…”

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A critical review of traditional Chinese medicine use amongst women with menopausal symptoms

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“…Yet recently researchers outside China have demonstrated that the TCM syndromes can be observed in patients who are not of Chinese origin. For instance, evidence was observed in the distribution of similar TCM syndromes in Australian and Chinese women with primary dysmenorrhoea ; the Shen deficiency syndrome could be diagnosed in both German and Chinese menopausal women under the same diagnostic criteria (Rampp et al, 2008). TCM syndrome differentiation, if adopted as the diagnostic method for the substantial part in modern TCM research, would lead to new scientific findings for medical sciences.…”

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Syndrome differentiation in modern research of traditional Chinese medicine

Jiang

Lü

Zhang

et al. 2012

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

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a b s t r a c tSyndrome differentiation (Bian Zheng) in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is the comprehensive analysis of clinical information gained by the four main diagnostic TCM procedures: observation, listening, questioning, and pulse analysis, and it is used to guide the choice of treatment either by acupuncture and/or TCM herbal formulae, that is, Fufang. TCM syndrome differentiation can be used for further stratification of the patients' conditions with certain disease, identified by orthodox medical diagnosis, which could help the improvement of efficacy of the selected intervention. In modern TCM research it is possible to integrate syndrome differentiation with orthodox medical diagnosis leading to new scientific findings in overall medical diagnosis and treatment. In this review, the focus is to screen published evidence on the role of syndrome differentiation in modern TCM research with particular emphasis on basic and clinical research as well as, pharmacological evaluation of TCM herbal formulary for drug discovery.

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Menopause in German and Chinese women—An analysis of symptoms, TCM-diagnosis and hormone status

Cited by 17 publications

References 8 publications

The Association between Yang-Deficient Constitution and Clinical Outcome of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy on People Living with HIV

The Association between Yang-Deficient Constitution and Clinical Outcome of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy on People Living with HIV

A critical review of traditional Chinese medicine use amongst women with menopausal symptoms

Syndrome differentiation in modern research of traditional Chinese medicine

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