Treating constipation-type irritable bowel syndrome based on the therapy of Xuanbu Tongjiang
Irritable bowel syndrome is a functional disease related to the changes of gastrointestinal function.As one of the common diseases in digestive department,the pathogenesis of irritable bowel syndrome has not been elucidated.The main clinical manifestations are chronic or recurrent abdominal distension,abdominal pain,changes of defecation habits and abnormal stool characteristics,which can be divided into diarrhea type,constipation type,mixed type and unstereotyped type.Constipation-type irritable bowel syndrome,a subtype of irritable bowel syndrome,has a global incidence of 22%.Due to the fast rhythm of modern life,the incidence of the disease is increasing year by year.As a common disease in modern times,constipation-type irritable bowel syndrome is often aggravated by emotional abnormality.In traditional Chinese medicine,it mostly belongs to the categories of constipation and abdominal pain,and the disease is located in the large intestine.Western medicine treatment is mainly symptomatic,the efficacy is not good.The disease is often prone to repeated attacks,while TCM emphasizes differential treatment and pays attention to individualized treatment,which has unique advantages in the treatment of this disease.In this regard,this paper believes that the core of the onset of irritable bowel syndrome of constipation is intestinal Qi(气)according to the theory related organs such as the relationshif between the lungs and the large intestine.And proposes the therapy of Xuanbu Tongjiang(宣补通降法),which specifically treats irritable bowel syndrome of constipation from the three aspects,dispersing the lungs and removing the lids,reinforcing earth to generate metal,and clearing the lungs and dredging the fu-organs(腑).Combined with the analysis of famous medical cases,the successful experience of the therapy of Xuanbu Tongjiang in the treatment of the disease is given to provide new ideas for the clinical treatment of comstipation-type irritable bowel syndrome.
Constipation-type irritable bowel syndromeThe therapy of Xuanbu TongjiangLung and large intestine are mutually external and internal