The Literature Research on the Principle-method-recipe-medicines for Sinew Flaccidity
The sinew flaccidity,first mentioned in Su Wen-Wei Lun,is a series of diseases with the main clinical manifestation of spasms and inability to stand permanently,falling into one of the five flaccidity diseases.In this study,based on Huangdi Neijing and with reference to the treatises of medical scientists throughout the ages,the five types of etiology and pathogenesis of sinew flaccidity are identified,including the intense liver fire,metal growth and destruction of wood,stagnation of cold-damp,raged impairing liver and liver subujgating spleen,as well as the pattern of their respective prescriptions and medicines.In the meantime,this study also serves as a valuable reference for the present-day clinical diagnosis and treatment of the symptoms related to sinew flaccidity.
Sinew flaccidityHuangdi NeijingEtiology and pathogenesisTherapeutic method and prescriptionLiterature research