Discussion on Treatment of Glycolipid Metabolic Diseases Based on Theory of Spleen and Intestine Being Correlated
Sugar and lipid are the main components of nutrients,and their metabolic malfunction can easily lead to a variety of pathologies.The transportation and transformation of grain and water of Traditional Chinese medicine spleen are highly consist-ent with the sugar and lipid energy metabolism in western medicine.According to modern Chinese medicine,glycolipid metabolic diseases are located in spleen,and the main cause of the disease is spleen failing to transport and transform,which is closely relat-ed to intestinal disorders.Pathological products and dysfunctions resulting from spleen and intestinal disorders are the key to dis-orders of glucolipid metabolism.From the traditional Chinese medicine theory of spleen and intestine being correlated,it is more helpful to the treatment of glycolipid metabolic diseases.The treatment should be to strengthen spleen.When the spleen restores governing transportation and transformation,turbid,dampness,phlegm and blood stasis can be removed.Intestinal flora can de-compose and convert food into nutrients,and plays a great role in glycolipid metabolism,which is similar to the transporting and transforming function of spleen.Traditional Chinese medicine for invigorating spleen not only improves the abnormal function of spleen and intestines,but also regulates the intestinal flora.Therefore,the imbalance of intestinal flora is a micro manifestation of spleen dysfunction,and it is also a rich and supplementary supplement to modern research on the"spleen-intestine"being relat-ed in traditional Chinese medicine.This paper combines the theory of traditional Chinese medicine literature and modern scientif-ic research to discuss the relationship of"spleen-intestine",intestinal flora and glucose and lipid metabolism,as well as the clinical treatment and related research of glucolipid metabolism disorders from"spleen-intestine"being correlated,in order to provide new ideas for the prevention and treatment of glucolipid metabolism diseases by combining traditional Chinese and West-ern medicine.