One of academic thoughts of Professor LU Zhi-zheng in spleen and stomach——The pathogenic factor for internal damage of spleen and stomach in modern times / 中华中医药杂志

ABSTRACT

On inheriting the doctrines of Li Dong-yuan's'Internal damage of spleen and stomach causes diverse illnesses'and YE Gui's moistening stomach-yin etc.,Professor LU Zhi-zheng elaborates their academic thoughts further and proposes the core of spleen and stomach regulation in modern times——'cotrolling the center,operating four sides,keeping happy emotion,regulating ascending and descending,considering moistening and dryness,normalizing food and drink'.He does not only apply spleen and stomach to treat spleen and stomach illness but also treat vertigo,thoracic obstruction,cardialgia,apoplexy,liver and kidney diseases,rheumatosis and so on,which are all effective.However,as times,diets and living habits are changing,as well as social environment is different,the spleen and stomach diseases,which are caused by people's unhealthy diet,irregular work and rest,overworking and high spiritual pressure of work in this modern society with profound food and clothing and highly developed material civilization,has changed greatly from the spleen and stomach theory in Dongyuan times.In this case,Professor LU experiences that the reason for injured spleen and stomach in modern society has its unique pathogenic factor,thus sets up the etiology and pathogenesis for spleen and stomach of internal injury in the new times.