SHANG Yanhua,MEI Xiangsheng,GAO Xiyan,et al.Comprehensive Treatment Protocol of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Voice Disorders[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2022,63(23):2227-2233.
SHANG Yanhua,MEI Xiangsheng,GAO Xiyan,et al.Comprehensive Treatment Protocol of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Voice Disorders[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2022,63(23):2227-2233.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2022.23.006.
Comprehensive Treatment Protocol of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Voice Disorders
Voice disorder is located in the larynx, and caused by the combined action of multiple factors. The basic pathogenesis is stagnation of body fluids and blood stasis in the larynx, disordered
qi
movement, and dysfunction of throat orifices. According to the “theory of three types of disease causes”, the causes of voice disorder are divided into external causes (invasion of external pathogens), internal causes [
zang
-
fu
(脏腑) organs depletion, dysfunction], and causes that are neither internal nor externa, such as vocal irregulare use, protracted cough, surgery or trauma, emotional stimulus. It is advocated to put focus on the disease location, treat the whole as a supplement, and attach importance on both prevention and treatment. The main treatment principles are eliminating stagnation and unblocking
qi
movement in the throat, clearing the throat orifice, and opening the throat to brighten the sound. Adopting the combination idea of medicinals from “chief, deputy, assistant and envoy”, a comprehensive treatment protocol for voice disorder has been made by taking acupuncture as chief, tuina as deputy, oral herbal medicine as assistant and phonation correction training as envoy.
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