Analysis of CHEN Yi’s spirit-regulating and depression-relieving therapy in treating malignant tumor / 中华中医药杂志

ABSTRACT

The method of reinforcement and elimination are frequently used in TCM therapy on malignant tumor,as mediation method is seldom used.But Dr.CHEN Yi realizes that spirit being invalid is the key to the invasion of malignant tumor,and depression is the key to the pathogenesis of tumor,qi stagnation and blood stasis is its main characteristic.Under the guidance of the spirit-regulating and depression-relieving,on the base of mediation therapy,Dr.CHEN Yi uses Xiaoyao Powder,combined with the therapies of activating blood,dispelling dampness,resolving phlegm,purging the pathogenic fire,promoting digestion,in treating malignant tumor to dredge meridians,make qi and blood unobstructed,eliminate the stagnation,and it has gotten satisfactory results which include improving the patients’life quality,constraining tumor’s development,prolonging patients’ survival time.This text is a brief instruction to the application principle and theoretic basis of CHEN Yi’s law of regulating spirit and relieving depression in malignant tumor therapy.