Features of Traditional Chinese Medical Syndromes of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Different Periods of Using Glucocorticoid: a Retrospective Study

Objective: To establish provide a basis for traditional Chinese medical(TCM) treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus(SLE) by seeking for features of TCM syndromes of SLE on the different stages of glucocorticoid application.Methods: To make a retrospective summary on 34 related 34 articles,with 1278 SLE patients totallyin total,among domestic periodicals published during 1985 to 2008.Results: The distributions of major TCM syndromes in SLE on different stages of glucocorticoid application in SLE is are toxic heat flourishing(39.1%),internal heat due to yin deficiency(23.6%) and syndrome of heat depression and blood stasis syndrome of blood and heat stasis(11.8%) on the initial stage of using glucocorticoid,and internal heat due to yin deficiency(23.8%),syndrome of heat depression blood and blood stasis heat stasis(21.5%) and yin deficiency of liver and kidney(16.7%) on the remission stage,yang deficiency of spleen and kidney(49.7%),deficiency of both qi and blood(27.9%) and syndrome of heat depression blood and blood stasis heat stasis(9.1%) on the stable stage.Conclusion: It suggested shows that major TCM syndrome types are toxic heat flourishing and internal heat due to yin deficiency on the initial stage of using a large dose of glucocorticoid,internal heat due to yin deficiency and yin deficiency of liver and kidney on the remission stage.Main types of SLE on the stable stage is are yang deficiency of spleen and kidney,deficiency of both qi and blood and syndrome of blood and heat stasis on the stable stage,and whereas blood stasis type appeared in all stages of glucocorticoid application.