SONG Xing's experience in treating Henoch-Schonlein purpura with wind medicine and aromatizing medicine
At present,the diagnosis and treatment of Henoch-Schonlein purpura in traditional Chinese medicine mostly focus on heat etiology.Professor SONG Xing believes the symdrome of dampness stagnation is an important condition of this disease which cannot be ignored.And there are lots of mistreatment of this condition such as overuse of cold,occlusion of yang qi and depression of dampness.He emphasizes syndrome differentiation and considers doctors should analyze and treat case-by-case in clinical practice,and opposes arbitrary assertions.He pays attention to the the treatment of all diseases based on the abnormality of qi movement and qi-transformation ability,and emphasizes the stagnation of dampness would close the Xuanfu and hinder the ascending,descending,entering and exiting of qi and fluid,which leads to subcutaneous hemorrhage.He holds the dampness stagnation and collateral injury is the basic pathogenesis and prioritizes the ability of wind medicine and aromatizing medicine to diffuse dampness and dredge the Xuanfu.In view of the situation of dampness syndrome combined with qi deficiency,phlegm turbidity or dampness turbidity,cold transformation leading to cold-damp stagnation,heat transformation leading to damp-heat stagnation,he proposed to dredge and aromatize to supplement qi,and to relieve sanjiao.The cold-dampness type is warmed yang qi and circulated qi,and the damp-heat type is scented and dredged.
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