Abstract
Background: Currently, at the Hue Traditional Medicine Hospital, patients with anemia account for a significant proportion of internal medicine cases treated with traditional medicine. However, systematic analysis and statistical evaluation of the frequency of clinical symptoms in each qi and blood syndrome remain limited. Moreover, the relationship between qi and blood syndromes and the severity levels of anemia based on subclinical indicators (according to modern medical standards) has not yet been thoroughly investigated.
Objectives: To investigate the frequency of symptoms associated with Qi and Blood syndromes in anemic patients at Hue Traditional Medicine Hospital, and to examine the correlation between these syndromes and the severity of anemia.
Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 150 patients at Hue Traditional Medicine Hospital who had a definitive diagnosis of anemia based on WHO criteria.
Results: The most frequently occurring symptoms were fatigue and weakness in Qi deficiency syndrome (82.7%); pale face, eyelids, lips, and nails in Blood deficiency syndrome (68.7%); distension and fullness in Qi stagnation syndrome (19.3%); and bluish-purple lips and tongue or ecchymosis/petechiae in Blood stasis syndrome (6.0%). Qi and Blood deficiency syndrome was the most common, accounting for 50.7% of cases.
Conclusion: The symptoms of Qi deficiency, Blood deficiency, and dual Qi and Blood deficiency syndromes are commonly observed in patients with anemia, suggesting a clinical association between anemia in Modern Medicine and Qi-Blood syndromes in Traditional Medicine. The clinical expression rate of Qi and Blood deficiency in the moderate anemia group was significantly higher than that in the mild anemia group, indicating an association between the severity of anemia and traditional Chinese medicine syndrome patterns.
| Published | 2026-06-28 | |
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| Issue | Vol. 16 No. 3 (2026) | |
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| DOI | 10.34071/jmp.2026.3.594 | |
| Keywords | Thiếu máu, hội chứng khí huyết, sự liên quan |
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