WU Bin,HAN Zhenyun,HU Wenyue,et al.Treatment of Insomnia by the Method of Unblocking the Bowels and Harmonizing Viscera Based on the Theory of "Viscera-Bowels Extraordinary Connection"[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2024,65(17):1769-1774.
WU Bin,HAN Zhenyun,HU Wenyue,et al.Treatment of Insomnia by the Method of Unblocking the Bowels and Harmonizing Viscera Based on the Theory of "Viscera-Bowels Extraordinary Connection"[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2024,65(17):1769-1774.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2024.17.006.
Treatment of Insomnia by the Method of Unblocking the Bowels and Harmonizing Viscera Based on the Theory of "Viscera-Bowels Extraordinary Connection"
This paper aimed to explain the clinical thinking of using the method of unblocking the bowels and harmonizing viscera. Based on theory of "viscera-bowels extraordinary connection" of
The Gateway to Medicine
(《医学入门》), combined with the theoretical research, clinical practice and individual experience of ancient physicians, modern scholars, it is
believed that viscera
qi
disorder caused by bowels
qi
blocking is the basic mechanism of insomnia. In clinic, it is common that gallbladder phlegm-heat harassing the heart spirit, stagnant blood and
qi
in stomach blocking the pericardium, turbid heat in large intestine causing fire and affecting liver, dampness insmall intestine trapping the spleen, water retention in the bladder drying up lungs, and the inhibited original
qi
of sanjiao damaging the kidney, which could be treated with
Wendan Decoction
(温胆汤),
Taohe Chengqi Decoction
(桃核承气汤),
Chengqi
-
series Decoction
(承气汤类方),
Linggui Zhugan Decoction
(苓桂术甘汤),
Wuling Powder
(五苓散),
Xiaochaihu Decoction
(小柴胡汤), respectively.
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