Researches on the formation and character of phlegm in Chinese medicine / 中华中医药杂志

ABSTRACT

Phlegm in Chinese Medicine indicates products of Qi transformation disorders in human body due to various factors.Scholars and doctors know it from multiple perspectives,such as the attribution to five zang-viscera,etiology and pathogenesis,shape,color and texture,etc which leads to different concepts of phlegm.Phlegm is characterized by gradual gather, variable flow,viscous stagnation,turbid decay and weird diseases,etc.Researches on these characters are very important for understanding,diagnosing,treating and preventing phlegm.