Exploration of Traditional Chinese Medicine tongue features in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Objective:To investigate the characteristics of Traditional Chinese Medicine tongue features in pa-tients with inflammatory bowel disease(IBD),and to provide a reference basis for the treatment of IBD by Tradi-tional Chinese Medicine.Methods:From March to December 2022,the patients who underwent colonoscopy were recruited from the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine,including 27 IBD pa-tients(the IBD group)and 25 healthy individuals(the normal control group).We collected their tongue features and analyzed the differences in their distribution.Results:There was no statistically significant difference between the inflammatory bowel disease group and the normal control group in the comparison of tongue color and coating color(P＞0.05).Compared with the normal control group,the IBD group had a lower percentage of normal tongue shape(P＜0.05)and a higher percentage of toothed tongue and greasy coating(P＜0.05).In the subgroup analysis,there was no statistically significant difference between the ulcerative colitis group and the Crohn's disease group in the comparison of tongue features(P＞0.05).Conclusion:Compared with the normal control group,the tongue of IBD patients tends to show teethed tongue and greasy moss,features that are related to spleen deficiency and dampness.
inflammatory bowel diseaseulcerative colitisCrohn's diseasetongue features
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