Analysis Of TCM Constitution Characteristics And Influencing Factors Of Yin Deficiency Constitution In Singapore 2-6 Year Old Children

Purpose : This study analyzed the physical characteristics of 2-6-year-old children in Singapore by questionnaire,and discussed the influence of birth mode,parents’ age,maternal eating habits during pregnancy and lactation,past history,family history,sleep habits on children’s yin deficiency constitution,so as to provide clinical data for the popularization and application of traditional Chinese Medicine.Material and method : According to the nine types of constitutions in the "Constitutions of Traditional Chinese Medicine" edited by Wang Qi,the "Questionnaire for The Identification of Traditional Chinese Medicine Constitutions of Singaporean children(children aged 2-6 years)" was developed to carry out the constitution survey.Methods: A questionnaire survey was conducted to parents or grandparents of children aged 2-6 years,and questionnaires were answered according to the actual situation of children in the past year.Results:1.among the 81 cases,there were 22 cases(27.2%)of mild quality,37 cases(45.7%)of Yin deficiency quality,followed by qi stagnation quality(10 cases /12.3%),qi deficiency quality(5 cases /6.2%),phlegm-dampness quality(2 cases /2.5%),Yang deficiency quality(2 cases/2.5%),damp and hot quality(1 case /1.2%),blood stasis quality(1 case /1.2%),and special essential quality(1 case /1.2%).2.Of the 22 cases of peaceful unbiased addicted in 4 cases,accounted for 18.2%,biased addicted to 18 cases,accounting for 81.8%,37 cases of Yin deficiency unbiased addicted to16 cases in children,accounting for 43.2%,biased addicted to 21 cases,accounted for 56.8%,using chi-square difference analysis,the results suggest that the mother during pregnancy and lactation diets are unbiased addicted to a dissimilarity to different types of traditional Chinese medicine physique3.81 TCM constitutions were different between different genders.Yin deficiency was the most common in male children and female children.There was no difference in constitutions between different genders.There were no significant differences in birth mode,parents’ age,birth mode,past medical history and family history among different physical fitness groups.Conclusion:1.Yin deficiency is the dominant condition in children aged 2-6 years in Singapore.2.Children’s physique is affected by maternal diet preference during pregnancy and lactation,and has nothing to do with birth mode,parents’ age,birth mode,past history and family history.