The Exploration of Disease Pattern, Zheng, for Differentiation of Allergic Rhinitis in Traditional Chinese Medicine Practice

Table 5

Clinical trials of allergic rhinitis included in this study^*.

Study	Number of patients	Age; (yr; range)	Patterns description (cases)
Yang et al. [35]	216	36.2; 7–63	Lung qi deficiency: 100
			Spleen qi deficiency: 71
			Kidney qi deficiency: 45
Liu et al. [36]	242	42.6^†	Lung yang deficiency pattern with wind-cold assailing the lung: 167
			Phlegm-heat obstructing the lung: 23
			Spleen qi deficiency: 32
			Kidney yang deficiency: 20
Tang et al. [37]	70	28.95^†	Lung yang deficiency pattern with wind-cold assailing the lung: 24
			Phlegm-heat obstructing the lung: 16
			Spleen qi deficiency: 20
			Kidney yang deficiency: 14
Qiu et al. [38]	256	32.52; 7–70	Lung qi deficiency: 124
			Phlegm-heat obstructing the lung: 32
			Spleen qi deficiency: 72
			Kidney yang deficiency: 28
Lu et al. [39]	106	31, 4–82	Lung qi deficiency: 60
			Dual deficiency of the lung-spleen qi: 21
			Dual deficiency of the lung-kidney qi: 25

^* Studies without titles or an abstract in English are not listed in this table.
^† Range of age was not provided by the authors.