Quantitative study on sputum diagnosis method in Four Medical Canons
Objective:To quantitatively study the phlegm diagnosis method in Four Medical Canons.Methods:The relevant contents of phlegm diagnosis method was collected by the keywords'phlegm(())'and'cough(())',and the redundancy analysis method was conducted by Excel data collation and R statistical software with vegan package(RDA:redundancy analysis).To explore the contents of the phlegm diagnosis method in Four Medical Canons,and to provide a scientific basis for Tibetan medicine for the diagnosis and differentiation of diseases in the future.Results:The object of phlegm diagnosis method is mainly chibiasis and cachemia according to the nature of the disease;the disease site is mainly lung and systemic according to the location of the disease;and the Long disease can be determined by cough time point and foam;Chibiasis could be determined by sputum color and mixture;Bacon disease could be determined by sputum volume and consistency.Conclusion:The method of Tibetan phlegm diagnosis is of great significance for the diagnosis and differentiation of diseases,but the systematic phlegm diagnosis method of Tibetan medicine has great research space.
Four Medical CanonsTibetan medicinePhlegm diagnosis methodRedundancy analysis method