Research Article

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

Table 2

The 10 most common relationships of TCM patterns among 23 clinical studies for allergic rhinitis.

Relationship of patternSupportConfidence

Lung with qi deficiency29.50%47.35%
Spleen with qi deficiency28.98%97.63%
Lung with cold15.40%24.72%
Heat with lung8.61%100.00%
Phlegm-dampness with lung7.79%100.00%
Lung with qi deficiency7.64%48.70%
Kidney with cold7.05%44.92%
Lung and spleen with qi deficiency4.71%86.99%
Kidney and spleen with qi deficiency2.00%100.00%
Kidney and lung with qi deficiency1.78%64.00%