Treatment of pulmonary nodules from the perspective of"Relieving Depression and Elim-inating Entropy"
Based on the theory of"Entropic Disease"in Chinese medicine,this article analysed the basis,application,and prospects of treating pulmonary nodules through using the"Relieving Depression and Eliminating Entropy"method.The human body is a typical self-organising dissipative structure which feeds on negentropy,and the entropy increase to entropy disease un-derpined the development of pulmonary nodules.Depression,which could result from a lack of positivity,unfavourable circum-stances and emotional distress,was present throughout the pulmonary nodule process.The author put forward the relationship be-tween the connotation of"Seven Depressions"and the entropy increase to entropy disease of pulmonary nodules.Focusing on the process of entropy increase of depression and the ending of entropy disease,the main mechanism of pulmonary nodules was de-scribed in three aspects:Qi,fire,and emotional depression were the starting factor of entropy increase;food and dampness de-pression were the progressive factors of entropy increase;phlegm and blood depression were the transformation factors of entropy increase to entropy disease.With depression as the foundation and entropy as the central issue,treatments should focus on relie-ving depression and eliminating entropy by employing Traditional Chinese Medicine as a means of facilitate the entropy flux,which could generate fresh approaches to pulmonary nodule clinical management.
Entropy disease theoryDepressionsPulmonary nodulesRelieve depression and eliminate entropyDissipative structure
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