Professor Xia Xiaojun's experience in treating primary immune thrombocytopenia with matched pair of medicines
Primary immune thrombocytopenia(ITP)is an acquired autoimmune disease characterized by a decreased solitary peripheral blood platelet count.The clinical manifestations are reduced platelet count with or without cutaneous mucosal bleeding.Western medicine usually uses glucocorticoids,thrombopoietic drugs and splenectomy to treat ITP,which can improve the clinical symptoms of patients in a short time,but there are drawbacks such as great adverse reac-tions,easy recurrence and poor long-term curative effect.A large number of previous studies have shown that TCM treat-ment of ITP has the advantages of enhancing efficiency,reducing toxicity and improving patients' quality of life.ITP be-longs to the categories of"ziban","xuezheng"and"putaoyi"in traditional Chinese medicine.Professor Xia Xiaojun's clinical differentiation and treatment focuses on clearing heat,cooling blood and stopping bleeding,strengthening spleen,invigorating Qi and nourishing Yin,accompanied by promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.In addition,Prof.Xia Xiaojun is good at using matched pair of medicines,such as Huitouhui-Zicao for cooling blood and promoting blood circulation,Xianhecao-Ejiao gor stopping bleeding and enriching blood,Shuiniujiao-ShengDihuang for clearing heat and nourishing blood,Huangqi-Yimucao for enriching blood and promoting blood circulation,Mudanpi-Digupi for nourishing Yin and promoting blood circulation,and Baimaogen-Chishao for cooling blood and dispersing blood stasis.The medication characteristic of Prof.Xia Xiaojun is to set the prescription with matched pair of medicines and set the new pre-scription based on other prescriptions,which is flexible and has good curative effect.