Foundation

In Chinese medicine, strokes are related to wind stroke syndrome (Zhong Feng), which corresponds in Western medicine to hemorrhagic and ischemic strokes.

Objective

to characterize patients with strokes in the acute stage according to Chinese medicine diagnosis.

Methods

descriptive case series study (n=40), which included patients treated from March to December 2018 at the Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima Hospital, Cienfuegos. The analyzed variables were: age, sex, type of cerebrovascular disease in the acute stage, severity of the wind stroke attack, syndrome according to organs and viscera, and pathogenic factor present.

Results

thrombotic strokes predominated, of which 75.0% behaved as severe flaccid type wind stroke; and 81.3% were associated with liver blood failure syndrome. Embolics: mild attacks in 33.3%; and 18.8% liver blood failure syndrome. Intraparenchymal cerebral hemorrhages: 62.5% severe tense attack; and 71.4% liver fire. Subarachnoid hemorrhage: 15% as severe flaccid type attack; and 17.6% liver Yin deficiency syndrome. The most frequent pathogenic factor was internal wind, present in 90.0% of cases.

Conclusions

the analysis of patients with stroke in the acute phase according to traditional Chinese diagnosis showed that there is a clinical relationship with wind stroke syndrome and the Zhang fu of Chinese medicine.

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