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Some patients with corona virus disease-2019 (COVID-19) experienced a severe exacerbation of the disease due to the occurrence of inflammatory storm during the development of the disease. They are complicated with acute respiratory distress, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome and other serious complications, with a poor prognosis and a high mortality. For the inflammation storm, western medicine mostly adopts glucocorticoids, nutritional support, artificial ventilation assistance and other measures at present. The development of artificial liver, blood purification therapy, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and other technologies have also reduced the mortality of patients to some extent. However, due to the high requirements for equipment, the measures have not yet been widely carried out. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM), the basic pathogenesis of COVID-19 is epidemic toxin invasion, lung and spleen being affected by pathogens, damaging vital Qi, and pathological properties involving dampness, heat, poison, stasis and deficiency. At the stage of inflammation storm, the pathogens are abundant, while the vital Qi is deficient， and the pathogens occlude lung, and disturb the heart and mind, and blood stasis and toxicity are combined with Qi-Yin deficiency. In severe cases, even both Yin and Yang exhaustion occurs. At present, a number of studies have shown that a variety of Chinese herbal medicines have multi-target immunomodulatory effect on viral pneumonia and cytokine storm. TCM participates in whole process of the occurrence and development of inflammation storm, mainly eliminating pathogens in early stage, controlling inflammation and blocking occurrence of inflammation storm， eliminating pathogens and strengthening the body resistance to eliminate the pathological products of the inflammation storm, and promoting the dissipation and absorption of inflammation in the middle stage， and saving lives in late stage by benefiting Qi and relieving depletion, and restoring Yang and rescuing from collapse. On the basis of pathophysiological mechanism of COVID-19 inflammation storm and the theory of TCM syndrome differentiation and treatment, this paper summarized the pharmacological studies on intervention on inflammatory storm with relevant Chinese herbal medicine, Chinese medicine prescriptions and Chinese medicine preparations, and discussed the intervention measures of TCM in different development stages of inflammatory storm, in expectation of providing the guidance for clinical treatment.
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Oligo-astheno-teratozoospermia (OAT) which perplexes doctors and patients due to its complicated etiology, atypical symptoms and poor clinical efficacy, is a general term for the three pathological states of abnormal semen. OAT is the main factor of male infertility. It is also a hot and difficult point in present studies. Empiric drug is the most popular treatment of this disease in the modern medicine. Chinese medicine (CM) is one of the main methods for the treatment of this disease, and it has certain clinical effect. The author believes that the use of modern medical technology to make the diagnosis as clear as possible is the key to treat OAT. The combination of syndrome and disease differentiation is the main mode in the treatment of OAT. Microscopic syndrome differentiation and macroscopic evidence embodies the basic principle of "Si Wai Chuai Nei" and broadens the perspective of CM syndrome differentiation. Classification and treatment are basic methods for the treatment of OAT. The treatment should not be limited to the Shen (Kidney), instead it should focus on the whole body condition. At different stages, the treatment should also pay attention to strengthening the Pi (Spleen), nourishing the Gan (Liver) and promoting blood circulation. Complementing Chinese and Western medicine, and highlighting the characteristics and advantages of CM treatment, have a great guiding value for the treatment of OAT.
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Humans , Male , Asthenozoospermia , Diagnosis , Therapeutics , Combined Modality Therapy , Diagnosis, Differential , Integrative Medicine , Methods , Medicine, Chinese Traditional , Methods , Oligospermia , Diagnosis , Therapeutics , Semen Analysis , Western WorldABSTRACT
[Objective] To discuss treatment according to syndrome differention of TCM (traditional Chinese medicine) on double heart disease from the view of Wu Zang Yi Ti.[Method] Based on the theory of Wu Zang Yi Ti from Huangdi Nei Jing and many ancient doctors,discuss the relation between heart and sense,heart and the other four viscera,and treat double heart disease from the etiology and pathogenesis of liver,spleen,kidney,lung and the contact of emotion and five viscera.[Result] The heart is closely related with emotional changes and plays a key role in emotion and viscer.Emotional disorders can promote the progress of double heart disease.So we must base on the characteristics of clinical syndromes when we treat the double heart disease and determine treatment from liver,spleen,kidney and lung.[Conclusion] Discriminating and treating double heart disease from the view of Wu Zang Yi Ti can help us grasp the etiology and pathogenesis of double heart disease better and hold the essence of the disease,so we can achieve the goal of curing for disease roots,and treating both root causes and symptoms.It is helpful to improve the clinical curative effect and improve the quality of life of patients with double heart disease.
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Objective To observe the clinical effects of dialectical treatment of acute hemoptysis in lung cancer. Methods A total of 289 patients with acute hemoptysis in lung cancer were randomly recruited into the two groups: a experimental group with 149 patients and a control group with 140 patients. The experimental group was treated on TCM syndrome differentiation, while the control group was treated with conventional western medicine. Results In the experimental group, the total effective rate was 91.3%. While in the control group, the total effective rate was 63.6% (χ~2= 32.13, P<0.01). There was significant difference between the two groups. Conclusion Dialectical treatment of acute hemoptysis in lung cancer is effective.
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Objective To study the observation and nursing for exercise-induced fatigue by thread-burying in acupoint. Methods 41 athletes-in-training were treated by thread-burying in acu-point for 2 courses of treatment, choosing main acupointa such as Guan yuan, Shen yu, Pi yu, Ming men,Zu sanli, San yinjiao. Then the changes of athletes' training and hemoglobin were observed. Results After two courses of treatment, athletes' quality of sleep, mental condition in the morning, diet, desire to train, physical fitness, training quality and concentration improved siguificantly.Level of hemoglobin in-creased distinctly. Conclusions The treatment of thread-burying in acupoint could improve sport fa-tigue. Combination with Chinese and western integrative medicine, dialectical treatment, emotion and diet nurse, western integral appraisal procedure to observe and asepsis operation played a positive part in the recovery from sport fatigue.