XU Zhiyin's Clinical Experience in Treating Late Stage of Goiter by Warming Yang Based on Syndrome Differentiation
Professor XU Zhiyin,a famous TCM expert in China,has accumulated rich experience in the diagnosis and treatment of goiter.He believes that goiter diseases such as hypothyroidism,subacute thyroiditis,Hashimoto's thyroiditis,and thyroid tumor all have insufficient or lack of thyroid hormone secretion at the late stage of disease development,which often further involves the liver,spleen,kidney and other zang-fu organs.The patients all present the syndrome of yang deficiency.Therefore,he emphasizes that the method of warming yang should be adopted flexibly to move qi,eliminate phlegm,resolve stasis,drain water,dissipate mass,replen-ish qi,and nourish yin.He highlights the syndrome differentiation of zang-fu organs,consideration of both the whole and the local parts,and flexible application of medicine pairs,which is quite characteristic and demonstrates significant therapeutic effect,reflec-ting the thought of treating different diseases with same method.
Late stage of goiterMethod of warming yangTreatment based on syndrome differentiationFamous old TCM expert@XU ZhiyinExperienceTreating different diseases with same methodCases