The Woman Abdominal Pain The Retrospective Study Of Tcm Literature

ObjectiveAncient literatures and contemporary journals related to feminine pelvic pain were retrieved so as to analyze its symptoms, syndrome differentiation, Chinese medicine treatment and prescription hence optimize its clinical effect and theoretical basis.MethodMajor databases, namely CKNI, was searched by using specific terms to retrieve Chinese journals published in recent decade and Fang Ji database devised by School of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine was used to retrieve ancient literatures related to those specific terms regarding to feminine pelvic pain. All the titles and abstracts were screened to identify relevant studies. Studies containing symptoms, syndrome differentiation, Chinese medicine treatment and prescription were included. Studies related to menstruation, pregnancy and postnatal period were not included. Data extracted was analysed with Excel(2007). The experience of Professor Xiao Cheng Chong treating sequelae of pelvic inflammatory diseases was concluded retrospectively.Results275ancient descriptions were found within26ancient literatures, in which291symptom descriptions of feminine pelvic pain were retrieved and accumulative frequency was764times. In the most-frequent14symptoms,40.75%of them related to abdominal tension or pain,32.94%related to menstruation and abnormal vaginal discharges,11.88%related to abnormal diet,9.00%related to overall symptoms.75types of different syndrome differentiations were seen with accumulative frequency of263times. The most frequent syndrome differentiation is disharmony of blood&Qi, deficiency of blood&Qi, etc.93studies in recent decade were found related, in which2299cases of studies were prescriptions for internal use and1376cases were using Chinese medicine for enema. Total accumulated treatment frequency is20940times.ConclusionFor2,000years Chinese medicine has worked wonderfully by following the Chinese medical guidelines and treatment principles. Not only the symptoms, treatments and prescriptions in ancient literatures were consistent with those in nowadays, but also the adjustment in accordance with syndrome differentiation is still practically applied. Kidney Yin-Yang deficiency with liver Qi stagnation was advocated by Professor Xiao Cheng-Chong. The theory was well-supported by ancient literatures and elaborated in this study.