Expert consensus on traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment of liver and spleen imbalance syndrome(2023)
The"Expert consensus on traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment of liver and spleen imbalance syndrome(2023)"was established by the Spleen and Stomach Disease Branch of the Chinese Associa-tion of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing in November 2020,leading the drafting group of the consensus on traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment of liver and spleen imbalance syndrome.Based on the princi-ples of evidence-based medicine,the group extensively collected evidence-based materials and referred to methods for developing domestic and international consensus.They successively organized Chinese experts in spleen and stomach diseases to summarize and discuss a series of key issues regarding the diagnostic criteria,clinical treat-ment,efficacy standards,prevention and adjustment,and modern research progress in traditional Chinese medi-cine syndromes for liver and spleen dysfunction syndrome.This effort culminated in the drafting of this consen-sus.Building upon the 2017 version of the"Consensus on traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment of liver and spleen disorders"issued by Chinese Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine,this round of consensus provides a more detailed and standardized elaboration of the concept and historical evolution of liver and spleen dis-orders based on clinical terminology and its revised version.Liver and spleen disorders are divided into two catego-ries,namely"responsibility lies with the liver"and"responsibility lies with the spleen"to guide syndrome differ-entiation and treatment.Additionally,the consensus systematically explores and organizes the related theories and classical medical cases of liver and spleen imbalance syndrome from ancient medical texts,as well as relevant find-ings from modern research,to provide a clearer and more complete representation of the theoretical foundation and clinical practices concerning liver and spleen imbalance syndrome.
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