• The Journal of Dong Guk Oriental Medicine
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.47-67
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• 1999

The subject of Abdominal syndrome in the field of Shanghanlun takes a quarter of the whole research quantity, and has greatly contributed to the development of diagnoses due to the well-growth of syndrome differentiation through the differentiation of symptoms and signs based on prescription-centered abdominal syndrome. Since then, while the diagnostic has been developed mainly in the field of pulse fee ling and the inspection of the tongue, application of the abdominal diagnostic has not been continuously improved because of special historical and social environments. Recently, since interest in the differentiation of symptoms and signs based on abdominal syndrome has been raised by emphasis of Oriental diagnostic methods and medical treatment which have led to the study of Abdominal Syndrome in Shanghanlun. The following is the results of the study. 1. Shanghanlun abdominal syndrome is categorized into all abdominal symptoms. Epigastric symptoms, Hypochondrium symptoms, and Lower abdomen symptoms. 2. Subjective symptoms and Objective symptoms have been found in Abdominal syn drome, and Subjective symptoms have been more often than Objective symptoms. Both of the symptoms have been found more to co-exist in abdominal syndromes. 3. more cases of fullness of abdomen symptoms in All abdominal symptoms, a smaller number of cases in Taiyang disease, Yangming disease, disease, disease involving all three yang, Tayin disease and Jueyin disease have been found, but there have not been found in shaoyin disease. 4. More cases of Epigastric fullness and rigidity in Epigastric symptoms, Epigastric throbs in Palpitation symptoms, and sense of fullness-in-chest in Abdominal syndrome of chest and hypochondrium have been recognized. 5. Any regularity caused by abdominal symptoms has not been identified. 6. Diagnosis of the abdomen caused by abdominal symptoms has been identified in Epigastric fullness, Epigastric pain, Epigastric procrastination, Epigastric throb, fullness of abdomen and distension of lower abdomen.