CHEN Hongli,ZHANG Hongchun.CHAO Enxiang's Experience in Treating Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemosiderosis by Staging:from the Perspective of Heat,Phlegm,Stasis and Deficiency[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2025,66(13):1317-1321.
CHEN Hongli,ZHANG Hongchun.CHAO Enxiang's Experience in Treating Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemosiderosis by Staging:from the Perspective of Heat,Phlegm,Stasis and Deficiency[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2025,66(13):1317-1321.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2025.13.003.
CHAO Enxiang's Experience in Treating Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemosiderosis by Staging:from the Perspective of Heat,Phlegm,Stasis and Deficiency
To summarise the clinical experience of Professor CHAO Enxiang in treating idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis (IPH) by staging from heat, phlegm, stasis and deficiency. It is believed that IPH has blood-heat and phlegm-stasis, and deficiency of
qi
and
yin
as the core pathomechanisms, in which the pathomechanism of acute pulmonary haemorrhage is based on intense blood heat, and modified
Shihui Powder
(十灰散) is used to clear heat and regulate
ying qi
(nutrient
qi
), and reduce fire to settle the collaterals. The pathomechanism of pulmonary haemorrhage in the static stage is based on phlegm-heat obstructing the lungs, and modified
Qingfei Dingke Decoction
(清肺定咳汤) is used to clear the lungs and dissolve phlegm, harmonize the collaterals to stop haemorrhage. The pathomechanism of acute exacerbation at chronic stage is based on deficiency of
qi
and
yin
, and also blood-heat and phlegm-stasis, modified
Shengmai Powder
(生脉散),
Shihui Powder
plus
Qingfei Dingke Decoction
should be used to benefit
qi
and nourish
yin
, clear heat, resolve phlegm and eliminate blood stasis. In the chronic prolongation period, the pathogenesis of the disease is based on the deficiency of
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