A Clinical Study on Correlation between Classification of Vertigo Syndromes and Wind, Phlegm, Deficiency and Stasis

OBJECTIVE To investigate into the correlation between vertigo syndromes and wind,phlegm,deficiency and stasis.METHOD Three hundred patients were divided into groups according to the following syndromes: upward going of wind yang,upward going of phlegm turbidity,deficiency of qi and blood,and deficiency of yin in the liver and kidney.Analyses were made on the proportion of each syndrome,the relationship of Chinese syndromes with western medicine diseases,assimilation among wind,phlegm,deficiency and stasis,and relationship between disease location and the zang-fu organs.RESULT The percentages of the proportion of each syndrome were 33.6%,32.6%,16.3% and 17.3% respectively.The main causes of vertigo were found to be 16 diseases such as hypertension and inner ear vertigo.The organs involved were mainly the liver,spleen and kidney.Some of the ancient and empirical recipes like Decoction of Rhizoma Pinelliae Ternatae Praeparata,Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae and Rhizoma Gastrodiae Elatae proved to be effective for vertigo,with a total effective rate of 92.3%.CONCULSION The theory of vertigo resulting from wind,phlegm,deficiency and stasis originates from theory and serve as guidance for practice.