Treatment of Simple Obesity with Modified Cangfu Daotan Decoction Based on Theory of"Yang Transforms into Qi,and Yin Shapes up Body"
The high incidence of obesity has become a major public health problem in China.The theory of"Yang transforms into Qi,and Yin shapes up the body"comes from The Great Treatise on the Interaction of Yin and Yang in the Plain Question,which is closely related to the mechanism of obesity.Obesity can occur when Yang insufficiently transforms into Qi,and Yin excessively shapes up the body.This perspective based on the body and Qi and the TCM syndrome differentiation of zang-fu viscera indicate that phlegm-dampness is one of the important pathogenesis of obesity.Modified Cangfu Daotan Decoction has the function of expelling phlegm,removing dampness,and regulating the Qi,which can alleviate the phenomenon of"Yin excessively shapes up the body"and promote Yang to transform into Qi.For the pathogenesis of excess phlegm and dampness in obese patients,Modified Cangfu Daotan Decoction has a good clinical effect on the treatment of simple obesity.According to the theory of"Yang transforms into Qi,and Yin shapes up the body"and the clinical case of my mentor,Ye Lifang,the treatment of simple obesity with Modified Cangfu Daotan Decoction was discussed in this paper,so as to provide new ideas and directions for the treatment of obesity.
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