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

*Manifestations of different TCM patterns may coexist in one individual.