Overview and Prospect of Hyperthyroidism Treated with Traditional Chinese Medicine
Summarizes the research on hyperthyroidism by domestic doctors in recent years.Through consulting ancient books and literatures of traditional Chinese medicine,the etiology of hyperthyroidism can be classified as internal and external causes,internal emotional injury,external fire and heat injury,but also related to diet and living area.The pathogenesis is mainly qi stagnation,phlegm coagulation and blood stasis.In the initial stage,it is mostly stagnation of liver Qi,depression turns into fire,and hot steam liquid turns into phlegm.In the later stage,it is mostly deficiency of both qi and Yin.In the classi-fication of syndrome treatment,there are many syndrome types,such as qi stagnation and phlegm obstruction syndrome,phlegm obstruction and blood stasis syndrome,liver prosperous fire syndrome,heart and liver yin deficiency syndrome,etc.based on this syndrome type,syndrome differentiation and treatment are carried out.In terms of medication,iodine containing drugs have the highest utilization rate.In addition,the clinical application of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine has a higher curative effect.Therefore,the treatment of hyperthyroidism with traditional Chinese medicine based on syndrome differen-tiation and conventional western medicine can not only improve symptoms and curative effect,but also reduce the recurrence of hyperthyroidism and reduce adverse drug reactions to a certain extent.
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