Analysis of ZHU Danxi's academic thoughts on the differentiation and treatment of obesity
Obesity was not recorded as a disease in the ancient literature,and its related discussion was first seen in the Huangdi Neijing.Suwen·Tongping Xushi Lun said that the rich people got obesity mostly due to long-term diet of fatty,sweet and thick food.Following the Huangdi Neijing,obesity-related contents were scattered in various medical literatures.It was not until ZHU Danxi,Yuan dynasty,began to have a more systematic and unique discussion of obesity.ZHU Danxi took the strengths of the Jin and Yuan schools and combined them with clinical experience to create the name'obesity'.He emphasized the importance of'looking at the appearance first and then checking the pulse and asking for symptoms'in the diagnosis and treatment,and the'qi,blood,phlegm and stagnation'was the platform for identification.In the treatment,he used the ancient prescriptions with a new applications,and made prescription for self-innovation.He also was good use of the medicinal pair,and flexible and adaptable.ZHU Danxi's academic thoughts on the identification and treatment of obesity not only enriched the understanding of obesity among later generations of doctors,but also had an extremely important guiding role in the clinical identification and treatment of modem obesity and its complications.
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