Analysis on the Idea of Treating Vertigo of Shaoyang Type Using Xiaochaihu Decoction
The clinical manifestations of Shaoyang disease are dizziness,vertigo,bitter mouth and dry throat,chest and hypochondrium fullness and discomfort,upset and vomiting,loss of appetite,etc.When vertigo patients are mainly characterized by dizziness,combined with Shaoyang symptoms,they can be differentiated as Shaoyang vertigo caused by pathogenic factors.The pathogenesis is Shaoyang qi stagnation,cardinal adverse,mostly due to pathogenic factors invading Shaoyang,Shaoyang cardinal adverse,triple-energizer stagnation,qi moviment failure,waterway obstruction,qi disorder,gallbladder stagnation heat transforming into fire,upper brain orifice,resulting in vertigo.Clinically,the disease is treated from Shaoyang,with Xiaochaihu Decoction as the main prescription,and modified according to the patients'concurrent symptoms,which can achieve better curative effect.
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