scholarly journals Treating Ulcerative Colitis by Activating Blood Circulation to Dissipate Blood Stasis

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 37-39
Author(s):  
Yi Hu ◽  
Tao Yu
Keyword(s):  
Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Ulcerative Colitis ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Bowel Disease ◽  
Blood Circulation ◽  
Blood Stasis ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Over Time

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a worldwide refractory bowel disease with unclear pathogenesis. Its lesions can lead to colorectal cancer over time. UC is classified as “diarrhea,” “dysentery,” and other categories in traditional Chinese medicine. Its etiology and pathogenesis in traditional Chinese medicine are complex, but it has been found that blood stasis plays an important role in its occurrence and development. Combined with modern research, the relationship between blood stasis and ulcerative colitis is analyzed in this article along with a discussion on the therapeutic effect of activating blood and removing blood stasis on the disease, aiming to provide new ideas for the treatment of UC.

scholarly journals Observational Study of the Association Between Tongue Exam and the Kampo Diagnostic Procedure of Fuku Shin (Abdominal Exam) in Blood Stasis

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 879-882 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young-Chang Arai ◽  
Shuichi Aono ◽  
Izumi Makino ◽  
Makoto Nishihara ◽  
Tatsunori Ikemoto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Observational Study ◽  
Diagnostic Procedure ◽  
Severe Disease ◽  
Blood Stasis ◽  
Diagnostic Procedures ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Abdominal Region ◽  
The Relationship

Blood stasis is a very important pathophysiological concept not only in Kampo but also in traditional Chinese medicine. Blood stasis indicates severe disease. Fuku shin (the abdominal exam) and Zetsu shin (the tongue exam) are the most important approaches of the 4 diagnostic procedures in Kampo. Tenderness of the lower abdominal region ( Sho fuku koh man) and distended sublingual veins have been mentioned as typical signs of blood stasis in Kampo or traditional Chinese medicine. The aim of the present study was to determine the association between Sho fuku koh man and distended sublingual veins. An appearance of sublingual veins and a level of Sho fuku koh man showed a significant and positive correlation ( rs = .5248; n = 279; P < .0001). In conclusion, the relationship between the appearance of sublingual veins and the level of Sho fuku koh man showed a significant and positive correlation.

scholarly journals Insights from the Perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine to Elucidate Association of Lily Disease and Yin Deficiency and Internal Heat of Depression

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Bingxian Shang ◽  
Hongxiu Zhang ◽  
Yanting Lu ◽  
Xiaoyu Zhou ◽  
Yong Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
Clinical Manifestations ◽  
Internal Heat ◽  
Psychological Problems ◽  
Yin Deficiency ◽  
Zhang Zhongjing ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
The Relationship

Lily disease was first recorded in Synopsis of the Golden Chamber by Zhang Zhongjing. It is a disease of heart and lung internal heat by Yin deficiency, which belongs to the category of emotion disease in Chinese medicine. In recent years, researchers believe that lily disease and depression syndrome of Yin deficiency and internal heat have many similarities in etiology, pathogenesis, and clinical manifestations. This review summarizes the clinical symptoms, etiology, pathogenesis, and therapeutic medication of lily disease and modern Yin-deficient internal heat depression and discusses the relationship between them. Furthermore, the relationship between coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and lily disease was discussed from the etiology, pathogenesis, and treatment. It provides new ideas for the treatment of COVID-19 and the treatment of psychological problems after recovery.

Progress in Traditional Chinese Medicine for the Treatment of Migraine

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (08) ◽  
pp. 1731-1748
Author(s):  
Yanleng Huang ◽  
Ni Ni ◽  
Yanlong Hong ◽  
Xiao Lin ◽  
Yi Feng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Side Effects ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Blood Circulation ◽  
Blood Stasis ◽  
Syndrome Differentiation ◽  
Weak State ◽  
Astragali Radix ◽  
Vasomotor Function ◽  
Remove Blood Stasis

Migraine is a recurrent disease with complex pathogenesis and is difficult to cure. At present, commercially available western migraine drugs are prone to generate side effects while treating the disease. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) avoids side effects via treatment with the principles of “treating both symptoms and root causes”, “overall adjustment”, and “treatment based on syndrome differentiation”. Three strategies of drug treatment were developed based on the syndromes, i.e., removing stasis, calming liver Yang, and reinforcing deficiency. Prescriptions of removing stasis mostly contain Chuanxiong rhizome (Chuan Xiong) to remove blood stasis by promoting blood circulation and improve properties of hemorheology, and Da Chuan Xiong Formula (DCXF) is a traditional prescription widely used in clinical practice. Prescriptions of calming liver Yang usually take Ramulus Uncariae cum Uncis (Gou Teng) as the main herb, which can calm the liver Yang via improving vasomotor function, and Tian Ma Gou Teng Decoction (TMGTD) is the representative drug. For reinforcing deficiency, Chinese doctors frequently utilize Angelica Sinensis (Dang Gui) and Astragali Radix (Huang Qi) to nourish blood and Qi in order to improve the weak state of human body; Dang Gui Bu Xue Decoction (DGBXD) is the commonly used prescription. These strategies not only treat the symptoms of diseases but also their root causes, and with the features of multiple targets, in multiple ways. Therefore, TCM prescriptions have obvious advantages in the treatment of chronic diseases such as migraine. In this review, we provided an overview of the pathogenesis of migraine and the function of representative TCM preparations in therapy of migraine as well as the mechanism of action according to effective researches, in order to provide reference and clue for further researches.

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