Title: Academic thought of protecting stomach-qi in Shang Han Lun and its application in treatment of emaciation-thirst disease
Abstract: Academic thought of protecting stomach-qi in Shang Han Lun was studied systemically from the aspects of TCM four diagnostic methods,therapeutic principle,therapies,remedy administration and nursing.The academic thought of protecting stomach-qi in Shang Han Lun was reflected as follows: ① TCM four diagnostic methods were used to observe the excess or deficiency of stomach-qi through the examination of diet,pulse,abdomen,urine,stool,and symptoms.② Therapeutic methods and Chinese herbal remedies(CHR) for protecting stomach-qi included therapies of invigorating spleen and nourishing stomach,protecting spleen and stomach,warming stomach and eliminating cold,reducing warmingly phlegm and morbid fluid,regulating stomach and removing evil,promoting stomach,clearing stomach,replenishing yin and nourishing stomach,protecting stomach with diet,and protecting stomach with CHR.③ Different decocting and taking methods of CHR were used to protect stomach-qi.④ The outcome and prognosis of a disease were predicted through observing the state of stomach-qi.The academic thought of protecting stomach-qi was applied in the treatment of emaciation-thirst disease by the author,who proposed that spleen-deficiency was the crucial pathogenesis of emaciation-thirst disease,so the therapeutic principle of reinforcing spleen was important in the treatment of emaciation-thirst disease.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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