Study on Clinical Medicine Thought of the Zhejiang School of Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor ZHU Danxi in Phlegm Syndrome / 浙江中医药大学学报

ABSTRACT

[Objective]To explore the clinical experience of ZHU Danxi,a doctor of Zhejiang school of traditional Chinese medicine,on the diagnosis and treatment of phlegm-related diseases.[Methods]By means of literature research and data mining,the treatment database of ZHU Danxi in phlegm syndrome was constructed,and his clinical thoughts were summarized from the aspects of pathogenic factors,pathogenesis,treatment and prescriptions.[Results]According to ZHU Danxi,the pathogenesis of phlegm syndrome was mainly related to stagnation of Qi activity,the etiology was related to external contraction of six excesses,internal injury of seven emotions,improper diet.Phlegm syndrome was divided into hot phlegm,wet phlegm,food phlegm,cold phlegm,wind phlegm,old phlegm,etc.ZHU Danxi determined the different treatment principles such as clearing heat and resolving phlegm,drying dampness and resolving phlegm,resolving phlegm to remove stagnancy,warming and resolving cold-phlegm,dispelling wind and resolving phlegm,moistening dryness and resolving phlegm and so on.Phlegm wss easy to knot with stasis,so it was commonly used to remove phlegm and remove stasis.According to the site of the phlegm syndrome,ZHU Danxi used different herbs and methods of vomiting and purging,treating both symptoms and root causes,starting from the spleen,lung and liver meridian,and basing on Erchen Decoction.ZHU Danxi used phlegm-eliminating herbs,spleen strengthening herbs,Qi-regulating herbs and heat-clearing herbs.[Conclusion]ZHU Danxi's experience in treatment of phlegm related diseases is fully effective,and the principles,methods,and prescriptions for preventing and treating phlegm syndrome can provide more ideas for clinical practice.