The Quintessence of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Syndrome and Its Distribution among Advanced Cancer Patients with Constipation

Table 3

The combination of deficiency of Qi with other syndromes.

Patients with Qi deficiency	Number of patients (%); 210/225 (93.3%)
Qi deficiency (pure)	70/210 (33.3%)
Coexistence with Qi deficiency
Qi stagnation	39/210 (18.6%)
Blood (Yin) deficiency	31/210 (14.8%)
Yang deficiency	18/210 (8.6%)
Excess heat	5/210 (2.4%)
Qi stagnation and blood (Yin) deficiency	16/210 (7.6%)
Qi stagnation and Yang deficiency	14/210 (6.7%)
Qi stagnation and excess heat	4/210 (1.9%)
Deficiency of blood (Yin) and Yang	6/210 (2.9%)
Qi stagnation and deficiency of blood (Yin) and Yang	6/210 (2.9%)
Qi stagnation, excess heat, and deficiency of blood (Yin) and Yang	1/210 (0.5%)