Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease combined with Obstructive Sleep Apnea-hypopnea Syndrome Based on the Theory of"Two Bases and Three Pivots"
The study discussed the pathogenesis of the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD)combined with ob-structive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome(OSAHS)based on the theory of"two bases and three pivots".COPD combined with OSAHS is also named overlap syndrome(OVS).The deficiency of"two bases"is the core pathogenesis of OVS.The inharmony of"three pivots"and the imbalance of metabolism in qi,blood,and body fluid is the core pathological link of OVS.We advocate staged treatment according to the different characteristics of COPD in remission and acute stage combined with OSAHS.In the re-mission stage,the core pathogenesis is the deficiency of the spleen and kidney,and the principle of treatment is to nourish the in-nate and the acquired;in the acute stage,the core pathogenesis is phlegm and blood stasis obstructing ascending and descending of qi,and the principle of treatment is to harmonize principal axis and regulate stagnation and inversion of qi.