Dicussion on treating idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis based on Tong Bi Zhi Wei method
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis(IPF)is a refractory disease of the lung system.Traditional Chinese medicine treats it with'lung flaccidity'and'lung arthralgia'.Bi disease causing flaccidity symptoms is the key to the pathogenesis of IPF,and bi disease and flaccidity can be mutually causal.Professor ZHANG Hongchun is good at using the method of Tong Bi Zhi Wei in the treatment of IPF,and the method is always used throughout the treatment of this disease.In the early stage he focuses on heat clearing and obstruction removing,in the middle stage he focuses on both removing and reinforcing,and in the late stage,he focuses on regulating and reinforcing,supplemented by the method of Tong Bi,his experience has achieved good results in clinical treatment.Here,his clinical experience is summarized as follows,in order to provide ideas for clinical diagnosis and treatment of IPF.
Tong Bi Zhi WeiIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosis(IPF)Bi diseaseFlaccidity symptomsLung arthralgiaLung flaccidity