Relationship Between The Onset Of Atopic Dermatitis Of Children And The Physical Constitution Of Tcm

Objective:To observed and analyze the relationship between the onset of atopic dermatitis of children and physical theory of TCM as well as between the onset of this disease and the factors affecting the physical constitution, then, to take advantage of this doctrine to prevent and treat this disease primarily.Methods:Gathering 218 cases of AD, to classify their constituents and survey the related constitutional factors according to the authoritative method of constitutional differentiation. Then, to analyze the results statistically in such aspects as diet, temper, familial allergy-history, gender etc. and the relationship among constitutional types, factors and onset of AD. To put forward the principle of prevention and treatment.Results:It suggested that the constitution of children suffering from AD embraced five types:normal, spleen-lung I, spleen-lung II, spleen-kidney I, spleen-kidney II type. Among those, spleen-kidney type took the most important role. Meanwhile, the onset of AD of children was closely correlated to congenital, diet customs, temper and so on. In terms of diet and emotional survey, patients who had abnormal diet habits and irritable temper consisted of the most proportion. It implicated, to some extent, that diet habit and temper did make contributions to the onset of AD. By the way, the pathologic and physiologic character in childhood was also related to the onset.Conclusions:It has Created a new situation in studying the onset, prevention and treatment of atopic dermatitis by using the physical theory of TCM in this disease.