Abstract:

Objective To study the characteristics of the traditional Chinese medicial (TCM) syndrome of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), laying the foundation for further study its pathogenesis. Methods The clinical symptom questionnaire was developed and the cross-sectional research method was adopted. The comprehensive clinical data of patients with NAFLD was collected and TCM symptom data were collected for statistical analysis. Results In all age groups of patients with NAFLD have occurred to the 40-50 age group the largest proportion of the total number of cases 34.2%; the ratio of male to female NAFLD patients was 3.07：1. The incidence of TCM syndrome was liver-stagnation and spleen-deficiency (39.4%), phlegm-damp accumulating (24.5%), phlegm and blood knot (18.7%), deficiency of liver and kidney (9.8%), and dampness-heat accumulating (7.6%). Conclusion Liver-stagnation and spleen-deficiency is the most common TCM syndrome in NAFLD patients, and phlegm is an important factor in its incidence.

Key words: non-alcoholic fatty liver, traditional Chinese medicial syndromes, clinical study