Exploring the Scientific Meaning of"Spleen for the Solitary"from the Intestinal Flora
The doctrine of the Tibetan elephant is one of the most important theories in Chinese medicine and has long been used to guide clinical practice,but there is still a lack of modern scientific interpretation of"Spleen for the solitary".Recent studies have shown that the intestinal flora is involved in immunity,metabolism,digestion and absorption in the human body,and is closely related to various systemic diseases.In this paper,we take the intestinal flora as the point of departure and focus on the spleen as the reservoir,with"the main organ of transportation and transformation","the main organ of defence","the main organ of the central organ"and"the spleen is the first for all diseases"."The scientific connotation of"Spleen for the soli-tary"is interpreted on the basis of"bacterial disorders are treated from the spleen",with a view to providing new clinical ideas and theoretical basis for the treatment of many clinical diseases from the spleen based on the intestinal flora.
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