Study of Panlindromic Rheumatism and Panodynia / 中华中医药杂志

ABSTRACT

This article summarized the definition,clinical manifestation,diagnosis and the development in research of Panlindromic Rheumatism(PR).According to the clinical characteristics of PR,we considerd that it was very much like "panodynia" in traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) as described in Inner Canon of Huangdi.It discussed the pathogenesis,the theorical source,the diagnosis and treatment of panodynia further.And it suggested that the treatment of panodynia based on syndrome differentiation should be different in the acute and the chronic phase.In the acute phase,principle of removing heat,expelling wind,eliminating dampness and freeing the connecting channels should be applied while in the chronic phase principle of supplementing the spleen and boosting the lung,eliminating dampness and clearing away the phlegm rheum,supplementing the liver and boosting the kidney,supplementing yin and clearing away heat,warming the spleen and recuperating the kidney should be applied respectively according to different clinical manifestation.The theory of "To treat the one going to be sick not the one already sick" in the Inner Canon of Huangdi is implied in the paper.We hope this paper may arouse intensive discussion and more research for panodynia and the relation between panodynia and PR.