HE Cong,XU Tingting,WANG Yi,et al.Discussion on Pathogenesis and Treatment of Esophageal Precancerous Lesions from the Perspective of "Turbidity Damaging the Clear and Harmonious"[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2026,67(13):1397-1402.
HE Cong,XU Tingting,WANG Yi,et al.Discussion on Pathogenesis and Treatment of Esophageal Precancerous Lesions from the Perspective of "Turbidity Damaging the Clear and Harmonious"[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2026,67(13):1397-1402.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2026.13.008.
Discussion on Pathogenesis and Treatment of Esophageal Precancerous Lesions from the Perspective of "Turbidity Damaging the Clear and Harmonious"
It is considered that "turbid pathogen damaging the clear, and the loss of clarity and harmony regulation" is the core pathogenesis of esophageal precancerous lesions, with turbid pathogen persisting throughout the disease course. Turbid pathogen encompasses
qi
turbidity, phlegm turbidity, stasis turbidity, and toxin turbidity, closely related to dietary indiscretion, emotional disharmony, spleen-stomach deficiency, and kidney deficiency failing to consolidate. Turbid pathogen undergoes a dynamic evolution process of
qi
constraint generating turbid→ phlegm-stasis transforming into toxin→turbidity toxin harming the healthy
qi
, corresponding to the pathological alterations of hypoxia, inflammation and immunosuppression within the tumor microenvironment. The overall therapeutic principle is to remove turbidity and restore clarity. In the early stage, targeting the hypoxic tumor microenvironment, the suggested treatment method is opening constraint and dispersing the block, regulating
qi
and remove turbidity, with emphasis on soothing liver and regulating stomach, raising the clear and directing the turbid downward. In the middle stage, targeting inflammatory microenvironment, the treatment aims to clear toxin and dissipate nodules, resolve stasis and eliminate turbid, emphasizing phlegm-stasis elimination, turbid-toxin resolution, and concurrent stomach
qi
protection. In the late stage, corresponding to immunosuppressive microenvironment, the method of boosting
qi
, nourishing
yin
, reinforcing healthy
qi
, and eliminating turbidity can be used, with focus on spleen-stomach tonification, kidney essence replenishment, and healthy
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