Clinical experience of professor Li Shijie in treating patients with diarrhea after colorectal cancer surgery with traditional Chinese medicine
Colorectal cancer is one of the common malignant tumors in digestive tract,and diarrhea is one of the postoperative complications of colorectal cancer.Professor Li Shijie has engaged in the treatment of malignant tumors by combining traditional Chinese and western medicines for long,and especially has unique insight into the treatment of malignant tumors and their complications by traditional Chinese medicine.In this paper,Li's clinical experience on the treatment of postoperative diarrhea of colorectal cancer with traditional Chinese medicine is described.Starting from the general laws of cancer occurrence and development and based on the basic theory of the disease caused by the deficiency of genuine qi and excess of pathogenic factors,he summarized that the basic pathogenesis of postoperative diarrhea of colorectal cancer is the deficiency of spleen qi,and the deficiency of spleen qi with excessive dampness is the important factor of postoperative diarrhea of colorectal cancer.In addition,he also proposed that the treatment of postoperative diarrhea of colorectal cancer should follow the principles:combining the symptoms and evidences,reinforcing health qi and removing pathogenic factors,benefiting qi and strengthening spleen as the cornerstone,treating in stages,and selecting prescriptions based on evidences.
Colorectal cancerPostoperative diarrheaTraditional Chinese medicineExperience of famous doctorLi Shijie