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152 THE TREATMENT OF MODERN WESTERN DISEASES WITH CHINESE MEDICINEFurther, 35 patients (26.92%) presented four patterns simultaneously,34 patients (26.15%) presented three patternssimultaneously, 27 patients (20.77%) presented five patternssimultaneously, 20 patients (15.38%) presentesd two patternssimultaneously, 11 patients (8.46%) presented only asingle pattern, and three patients (2.31%) presented six patternssimultaneously. This means that the overwhelmingmajority of patients in this study presented with multiplepatterns simultaneously. Among those who only presented asingle pattern, five patients presented only liver depression,three patients only presented qi vacuity, and one patient eachpresented only heart vacuity, spleen vacuity, or blood vacuity.ENDNOTES1 The idea that many cases of CFIDS manifest qi and yin vacuities withvacuity heat and liver depression is corroborated by Yin Heng-ze in ShangHai Zhong Yi Yao Za Zhi (The Shanghai Journal of Chinese Medicine &Medicinals), #3, 1999, p. 19-20.