Non-disease State
Conditions
Brief summary
This study aims to evaluate indices of tongue diagnosis, ausculative diagnosis, and pulse diagnosis in the determination of institutions.
Detailed description
Constitution differentiation is important for the prescription of Chinese medicines. In previous studies, researchers usually used constitutional questionnaires to determine constitutions.However, the importance of tongue diagnosis and pulse diagnosis remained unclear. The specific aim of this study is to evaluation indices of tongue diagnosis, auscultative diagnosis, and pulse diagnosis in the determination of constitutions. Meeting of specialists will determine the characteristics for each constitution first. This study plans to recruit 200 volunteers and determine their constitutions by constitutional questionnaires. Tongue manifestations and pulse pressure waveforms will be taken at the same time by standardized instruments. Relations between the indices and each constitution will be determined by multiple linear regression and logistic regression analysis. Then the percentage of importance of a specific index in a specific constitutional type could be determine.
Interventions
DIAGNOSTIC_TESTPulse, tongue image, and voice sound
They are four diagnosis methods of TCM
Sponsors
Committee on Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy
China Medical University Hospital
Study design
Observational model
CASE_ONLY
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Volunteers without aged older than 20 years old
Exclusion criteria
* Pregnant * taking any medicine currently * suffering for acute disease currently
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tongue image | The photograph will be taken only at the first day the subject has been recruited | A photograph of tongue will be taken and the RGB color values of the tongue will be analyzed using Photoshop software |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Acoustic sound | The voice waves will be taken only once at the first day the subject has been recruited | Voice wave analysis of an one-second /a/ sound (in only one time point) |
| Pulse image | The pulse waveforms will be recorded at the first day the subject has been recruited | Time-domained pulse waveform of the radial artery will be recorded for about 1 minute |
Countries
Taiwan
Outcome results
None listed