Prescription style of'light,dynamic,balanced and harmonious'for treating spleen and stomach diseases
This article expounds TANG Xudong's prescription style in terms of'light,dynamic,balanced,and harmonious'.Professor TANG advocates that it's essential to unblock and descend stomach qi and to balance the functions of intaking and transforming when treating spleen and stomach diseases,the strategy for which can be summarized as'light,dynamic'and'balanced,harmonious'respectively.To be exact,'light'is to release excessive pathogens with light herbs.'Dynamic'is to unblock the stagnation with herbs that maintain the dynamic of qi,and to regulate qi with a strategy that combines releasing and unblocking therapies.'Balanced'is to precisely restore the balance between functions of intaking and transforming,based on detailed consultation.'Harmonious'is to harmonize the contradiction between moistness and dryness,liver depression and spleen deficiency,and between qi dificiency and blood deficiency.
Light,dynamic,balanced,and harmoniousHarmonizing the center to restore balanceSpleen and stomach diseasesFamous doctors'experienceTANG Xudong