Professor SUN Kewei's experience in treating acute-on-chronic liver failure by warming method
This paper has summarized the clinical experience of Professor SUN Kewei in treating acute-on-chronic liver failure(ACLF).Professor SUN Kewei believes that dampness,heat,blood stasis,and toxin are the manifestations,and spleen-yang deficiency is the root of ACLF,with spleen deficiency running through the whole process of the disease.Therefore,in the treatment,medicines with warming property such as Paofuzi(Aconiti lateralis Radix Praeparata),Baizhu(Atractylodis Macrocephalae rhizoma),and Ganjiang(Zingiberis Rhizoma)are mainly used,with the warming method emphasized during the whole course.Meanwhile,Professor SUN has created self-drafted Wenyang Jiedu Huayu Decoction,which can reinforce healthy qi and remove pathogenic factors simultaneously to reverse liver function decompensation.With remarkable clinical effects,this formula can provide a reference for the clinical treatment of ACLF.