The association between metabolic syndrome and body constitution in traditional Chinese medicine

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a multifarious metabolic disorder that could severely damage multiple organs. The emergence of MetS has markedly increased medical burden for patients. The treatment of MetS involves multitarget regulation, which is the advantage of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Many high-quality studies related to TCM for MetS have been conducted in recent years; however, no overall efficacy analysis has been reported. To evaluate the efficacy and safety of TCM against MetS, we reviewed randomized controlled trials of MetS published in the past decade and then selected and analyzed 16 high-quality articles from over 800 papers. The results showed that TCM might be beneficial in improving body weight as well as in regulating glucose and lipid metabolisms; thus, TCM might be an ideal alternative therapy for MetS management. Treatment safety was also estimated in our analysis. A more elaborately designed and long-term observation of TCM for MetS should be performed in the future.

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Association study of diabetes mellitus and body constitution of traditional Chinese medicine

Traditional Medicine and Modern Medicine ◽

10.1142/s2575900019500022 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 02 (01) ◽

pp. 1-6

Author(s):

Nabijan Mohammadturusn ◽

Yizhe Xu ◽

Fei Xu ◽

Yuanhao Zhang ◽

Zihui Tang ◽

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Keyword(s):

Diabetes Mellitus ◽

Chinese Medicine ◽

Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽

Total Sample ◽

Tolerance Test ◽

Oral Glucose ◽

Epidemiological Evidence ◽

Related Information ◽

Body Constitution ◽

Baseline Characteristics

Objective: We report on the association between traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) constitution and diabetes mellitus (DM) and provide epidemiological evidence for the theory of correlation between constitution and disease. Methods: A total of 3748 participants were used for data analysis, and all study subjects underwent a complete clinical baseline characteristics evaluation to collect related information. DM was determined by an oral glucose tolerance test. Multiple logistic regression (MLR) models were employed to detect the associations. Results: In total, 16.84% of the participants had DM in the total sample. Significant differences were found in age, height, weight, and heart rate, between the DM and non-DM groups. Univariate linear regression analyses indicated that the variables Qi_Deficient and Yang_Deficient were significantly associated with the outcome, and a negative correlation between TCM constitution and DM was found. After adjustment for relevant potential confounding factors, the MLR detected significant associations between both the Qi_Deficient and Yang_Deficient variables and DM ([Formula: see text]-value [Formula: see text] 0.015 for Qi_Deficient and [Formula: see text]-value [Formula: see text] for Yang_Deficient). In Qi_Deficient and Yin_Deficient participants, the odds ratios (ORs) for DM were 0.778 and 0.646, respectively. Conclusion: Qi_Deficient and Yang_Deficient were significantly associated with DM. These findings may provide insights for clinical practice for the prevention and diagnosis of DM.

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Does place have an effect on the traditional Chinese medicine concept of body constitution?

10.5353/th_b5295522 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

Chien-tat Low

Keyword(s):

Chinese Medicine ◽

Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽

Body Constitution

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Traditional Chinese Medicine for Metabolic Syndrome via TCM Pattern Differentiation: Tongue Diagnosis for Predictor

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine ◽

10.1155/2016/1971295 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2016 ◽

pp. 1-8 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Tsung-Chieh Lee ◽

Lun-Chien Lo ◽

Fang-Chen Wu

Keyword(s):

Metabolic Syndrome ◽

Heart Rate ◽

Heart Rate Variability ◽

Chinese Medicine ◽

Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽

Blood Stasis ◽

Lipid Lowering ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Qi Stagnation ◽

Pattern Differentiation

Metabolic syndrome is a morbid condition, which is manifested by central obesity, abnormal glucose tolerance, lipodystrophy, and hypertension. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) clarifies that obesity is classified as phlegm-dampness. It is often accompanied with qi stagnation and blood stasis. One hundred and two overweight adults, who did not receive lipid-lowering drugs, were enrolled for analysis. The exclusion criteria were adults having malignancy disease, DM, and renal disease or who were pregnant or lactating. The study was divided into two groups: metabolic syndrome group (MetS) and nonmetabolic syndrome group (nMetS). The modern tongue analysis and heart rate variability devices for data analysis and Council on Nutrition Appetite Questionnaire (CNAQ) for appetite evaluation were used. Obesity patients with metabolic syndrome obviously have lower CNAQ score. The 6 items of CNAQ between two groups have significant difference in variation (P<0.001). The nMetS average was above 28 scores (96%) and the MetS was all in 17–28 scores. The tongue appearance showed that MetS group have white coating different from the nMetS group with white and yellow coating (P<0.05). However the HRV is not different from nMetS group significantly. Our results try to explore the relationship between the TCM pattern, nutrition appetite, and heart rate variability in metabolic syndrome patients.

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