Published online Jun 25, 1996. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v2.i2.73
Revised: April 26, 1996
Accepted: May 20, 1996
Published online: June 25, 1996
AIM: To demonstrate the relationship between Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection and differentiation syndromes in stomach diseases.
METHODS: Prospectively, 317 patients with stomach disease were randomly selected for study recruitment. All patients were diagnosed endoscopically and the diagnosis was confirmed by biopsy. All cases were classified according to the syndromes of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) at the same time.
RESULTS: There were 213 cases with Hp (+) and 104 cases with Hp (-). Among the groups classified according to syndromes of TCM, the Hp (+) rate in syndrome of stagnation of qi and heat was highest (76.8%), while the pure asthenic cold was lowest (57.5%). Most of the Hp (+) cases (52.7%) had incoordination of liver and stomach. Less patients suffered from pure asthenic cold in the Hp (+) group than in the Hp (-) group (19.7% vs 29.8%, P < 0.05). The incidence of stomachache in the Hp (+) group was 80.0%, which was higher than that in the Hp (-) group (70.6%) (P < 0.05).
CONCLUSION: Hp infection may be one of the objective indexes for syndrome of stagnation of qi and heat. Heat allaying medicine can be used to treat the syndrome clinically.