Observation of tongue image characteristics of different traditional Chinese medicine syndromes in prediabetes
Objective:To observe the characteristics of tongue in different traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)syndromes in prediabetes population.Methods:The TFDA-1 digital tongue imager and tongue diagnosis analysis system were used to obtain tongue parameters,and the data parameters of tongue image were obtained.Symptom data of patients by prediabetes were collected for syndrome differentiation by combining with Health Assessment Questionnaire(H20)and Four Diagnostic Information Collection Table of Chinese Medicine,and then the characteristics data of tongue texture,tongue coating and texture were analyzed under different syndrome types.Results:The values of TB-Cr,TB-Cb,TB-ASM,TB-CON,TB-ENT,TB-MEAN,TC-B,TC-H,TC-Cb,TC-ASM,TC-CON,TC-ENT,TC-MEAN,PerAll and PerPart between the prediabetic group and the control group were significantly different(P<0.01,P<0.05).Under different TCM syndromes,tongue quality indicators TB-R,TB-G,TB-B,TB-S,TB-I,TB-L,TB-a,TB-b,TB-Y,TB-Cr,TB-Cb,and tongue coating indicators TC-R,TC-G,TB-H,TC-S,TC-i,TC-L,TC-a,TC-b,TC-Y,TC-Cr,and TC-Cb and PerAll showed statistical difference in different syndrome types(P<0.05).Conclusion:In the prediabetes population,the objectified TCM tongue characteristic index can indicate certain pathological state,and can also be used as the basis and reference for TCM syndrome differentiation and classification diagnosis.
PrediabetesTraditional Chinese medicine syndromeTongue diagnosisTongue imageTongue diagnostic instrument