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Table 1 CM syndrome diagnostic scale for QBP [12]

From: Chinese herbal formula Xuefu Zhuyu for primary dysmenorrhea patients (CheruPDYS): a study protocol for a randomized placebo-controlled trial

Symptoms/signs Yes No Score
Pain 9 0  
Irritability/depression 16 0  
Distending pain 2 0  
Scurry pain 6 0  
Chest distress 0.5 0  
Lumps in body 7 0  
Petechia in the tongue 4 0  
Purplish tongue 1 0  
Unsmooth pulse 4 0  
Deep pulse 2 0  
Total score
If ≥ 20 points, it is diagnosed as QBP
  1. Pain includes stomachache, abdominal pain, low back pain, dysmenorrhea, breast pain, limb pain, etc.
  2. CM Chinese medicine, QBP Qi stagnation and blood stasis pattern