Discussion on characteristics of leukorrhea treatment of the four great famous doctors in Jin-Yuan Danasty / 中华中医药杂志

ABSTRACT

To disscus the characteristics of leukorrhea treatment of the four great famous doctors in Jin-Yuan Danasty, including the recognition of etiopathogenisis and pathogenesis, the view of determination of treatment based on differentiation of symptoms and signs, therapeutical principle and medication. LIU Wan-su believed fireheat was the important factor leading to illness. He firstly advocated differentiating symptoms and signs of leukorrhea with heat and treating it by clearing away heat evil and eliminating damp. ZHANG Zi-he considered the leukorrhea due to humid-heat flowing down to small intestine. He advocated lowing heart fire and tonifying kidney yin as the therapeutical method of leukorrhea with emetic and purgation method. LI Dong-yuan considered the injury of qi of the spleen and stomach was the main factor, so he diagnosed and treated leukorrhea on basis of the spleen and stomach. ZHU Dan-xi deemed leukorrhea happened when damp and sputum obstructed the spleen, so he thought that deprived the evil wetness was the fi rst and important method of treating leukorrhea.