ZHAO Liang,SHANG Dong,MA Yuehai,et al.Differentiation and Treatment of Pancreatic Diseases based on the Viewpoint of “Pancreas and Spleen as a Whole”[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2023,64(16):1646-1650.
ZHAO Liang,SHANG Dong,MA Yuehai,et al.Differentiation and Treatment of Pancreatic Diseases based on the Viewpoint of “Pancreas and Spleen as a Whole”[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2023,64(16):1646-1650.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2023.16.006.
Differentiation and Treatment of Pancreatic Diseases based on the Viewpoint of “Pancreas and Spleen as a Whole”
As the pancreas is an important digestive organ of the human body, it has become critical issues to clarify the belongings of pancreas to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)
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(脏腑) organs and its physiological characteristics, and explore the disease location, etiology and pathogenesis of pancreatic diseases in the field of TCM visceral manifestation theory, so as to provide ideas and guidance for differentiation and treatment of pancreatic diseases with TCM. By comparing and analyzing the ancient and modern anatomy and physiological functions of the pancreas and the “spleen” in TCM, and tracing the origin of the Chinese and English names of the pancreas, the viewpoint of “the pancreas and spleen as a whole” is put forward, that is, the pancreas is an important part of the “spleen” and the core organ performing the physiological functions in TCM. Based on this viewpoint, it is proposed that pancreatic diseases can be treated from the “spleen”, such as treating diabetes by “seven spleen activating methods”, treating acute pancreatitis from spleen abscess, and differentiating and treating transformation of pancreatitis to cancer following the principle of deficiency due to stagnation.