Research progress in the pathogenesis and treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus based on the theory of yingfen and weifen
Systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE)is a typical autoimmune disease.Patients with SLE may have clinical symptoms such as skin lesions,joint swelling and pain,fever,and fatigue during the development of the disease.At present,hormone therapy is commonly used in Western medicine to treat SLE,but long-term hormone therapy can induce many adverse events such as osteoporosis,infection and diabetes,which seriously affects quality of life of patient.In recent years,more and more scholars have focused their attention on the traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)diagnosis and treatment of SLE.According to thinking of syndrome differentiation of the theory of yingfen and weifen,SLE patients have always had congenital insufficiency of natural endowments,deficiency of true Yin,repeated infections with exogenous pathogens,dysfunction of defensive qi and nutrient-blood,excessive hot image,dryness caused by the consumption of body fluid due to external pathogenic factors and damage to yin,blood stasis and blockade,and fluid-retention in lung and heat pathogen invading lung.Based on the theory of yingfen and weifen,the results of clinical and experimental studies on the treatment of SLE show that the treatment of clearing interior heat,relieving exterior syndrome and removing pathogeneses,nourishing yin and production of body fluid,and ventilating lung qi for dissipating phlegm has definite curative effects,and is conducive to the withdrawal of hormones and the reduction of the toxic side effects caused by hormones,providing a new diagnostic and therapeutic ideas for the treatment of SLE.
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