[Clinical study on "liver yang exuberance syndrome"]

In order to study the nature of Liver Yang Exuberance Syndrome (LYES), and find new effective drug prescription to treat diseases with the syndrome, the authors chose 97 cases with LYES of hypertension, climacteric syndrome and hyperthyroidism. A clinical study was carried out on different diseases with the syndrome including the stagnancy of Liver Qi, excess of Liver Wind and rising of Liver Fire with a new prescription according to TCM theory. While another 83 cases with Yin Deficiency Yang Excess Syndrome (YDYES) of the same three diseases were employed as control group. The results showed that their total effective rates were 81.4% (in lowering blood pressure), 100% and 88.9% respectively. The marked effective rate of LYES of hypertension group was significantly higher than that of the control group (P less than 0.05), which showed the special characteristics of the TCM syndrome. Before and after treatment, the patients with LYES of the three diseases were examined in certain laboratory tests including function of autonomic nervous system, urinary MHPG-SO4, CA, plasma cAMP and TXB2, 6-keto-PGF1 alpha etc. The similar changes were found in different diseases with the same syndrome. The laboratory results of the cases got markedly improved with the improvement of their symptoms, which showed that these tests had active significance for comprehending the nature of LYES.