LI Mengge,DANG Zhibo,WANG Bingheng.ZHANG Lei's Experience in Treating Intractable Constipation Accompanied by Melanosis Coli from the Perspective of Stasis[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2023,64(04):334-337.
LI Mengge,DANG Zhibo,WANG Bingheng.ZHANG Lei's Experience in Treating Intractable Constipation Accompanied by Melanosis Coli from the Perspective of Stasis[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2023,64(04):334-337.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2023.04.003.
ZHANG Lei's Experience in Treating Intractable Constipation Accompanied by Melanosis Coli from the Perspective of Stasis
This paper summarized the clinical experience of Professor ZHANG Lei in the treatment of intractable constipation accompanied by melanosis coli (MC) from the perspective of stasis. It is believed that the awareness of the intractable constipation accompanied by MC initiates from stasis, having the common causes such as improper diet, emotional disorders, sedentariness, and misuse of purgative method, and the core pathogenesis is intestinal collateral stasis obstruction. For clinical treatment, the method of invigorating blood and dissolving stasis, harmonizing and regulating
qi
and blood, and moistening the intestines to promote defecation is mainly recommended.
Xuefu Zhuyu Decoction
(血府逐瘀汤) is commonly used as the basic prescription for further modifications, as it brings medi-cinals focused on
qi
, blood and moistening together, and has the function of regulating
qi
and blood simultaneously, and taking treatment with both attack and supplementation. At the same time, the importance of medication methods and daily care in the treatment is emphasized.
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