Research Article
The Evaluation of Chinese Therapeutic Food for the Treatment of Moderate Dyslipidemia
Table 14
Frequencies of baseline TCM patterns of the 43 participants.
| TCM patterns* | Frequency | Proportion of the total (%) |
| Spleen deficiency | 33 | 76.7 | Liver qi stagnation | 25 | 58.1 | Kidney yin deficiency | 9 | 20.9 | Kidney qi deficiency | 4 | 9.3 | Phlegm and damp accumulation | 16 | 37.2 | Blood stasis | 13 | 30.2 | Food stagnation | 6 | 14.0 | Heart heat | 14 | 32.6 | Heart qi deficiency | 5 | 11.6 | Stomach yin deficiency | 15 | 34.9 |
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*Manifestations of different TCM patterns may coexist in one individual.
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