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Theory of treatment from spleen is being widely applied in in the process of Chinese medical therapies and had already shown its clinical efficacy. The purpose of this paper was to explain this theory in the fields of the theoretical contents, physiology, pathology and clinical practices.
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Wandering spleen or hypermobile spleen results from the elongation or maldevelopment of the spleen’s suspensory ligaments. It is a rare clinical entity that mainly affects children. Among adults, it is most commonly found in females of active reproductive age. It may present as an asymptomatic mass in the abdomen, or it may present with intermittent abdominal discomfort because of torsion and spontaneous detorsion of the spleen. We present the case of a 37-year-old female who had features of intestinal obstruction with mass per abdomen. Exploratory laparotomy showed an infarcted spleen. A total splenectomy was performed.
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This article presents that the pathology effects between liver and spleen should be divided into hepatic excess transmitting into the spleen,hepatic asthenia implicating injure to spleen and spleen disease influence the liver.Hepatic excess transmitting into the spleen emphasizes the view of excess to transmit while deficiency not to transmit.The excess syndromes of liver in terms of stagnation of liver-qi,hepatic qi,hepatic fire,hepatic yang,hepatic wind,hepatic coldness,dampness-heat of the liver and stagnant qi with drink,phlegm and blood stasis should be divided into three kinds: native-qi stagnant itself,evolving to pathogenic factor and direct attack induced evil occurring inside,they are all excess disease transmitting into the spleen.The hepatic asthenia implicating injure to spleen should distinguish the liver function and liver substance.Deficiencies of liver function are deficiency of liver-qi and deficiency of liver-yang;Deficiencies of liver substance are deficiency of liver-blood and deficiency of liver-yin.Deficiency of liver-qi induces the spleen pertaining to earth can not be abreaction,deficiency of liver-yang mostly implicates injure to splenic yang,deficiency of liver-blood can not be excessive mother element and having stagnation of liver-qi with deficiency of the spleen,deficiency of liver-yin involves the yin of spleen and stomach mostly with asthenic liver-yin causing excessive pyrexia and having sign of stomach-fire.The spleen disease influence the liver mainly presents spleen-earth obstructed and hepatic qi stagnation and spleen disease occurred evil to invade liver.