Northwest dryness syndrome(NDS)is a compound traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)syndrome occurring in the arid and semi-arid areas of northwest China represented by Xinjiang,characterized by dryness as the main cause and various discomfort symptoms such as mouth,nose,throat,skin dryness,dry cough and irritability.This paper systematically combs the theoretical origins of northwest dryness syndrome,expounds the etiology,pathogenesis and syndromes of northwest dryness syndrome,summarizes the research progress of micro-mechanism of northwest dryness syndrome and the findings of clinical observation and case-control studies,and considers the new direction of scientific research related to northwest dryness syndrome.
Northwest dryness syndrome(NDS)Source and flowMicroscopic mechanismClinical study
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