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SHEN Xingkang,YUAN Weichen,DING Jiping,et al.WU Mianhua's Experience in Staged Treatment of Radiation-Induced Brain Injury Based on the Theory of Stasis-Heat[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2026,67(20):2161-2165.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2026.20.003.
WU Mianhua's Experience in Staged Treatment of Radiation-Induced Brain Injury Based on the Theory of Stasis-Heat
This paper summarizes Professor WU Mianhua's clinical experience in the staged treatment of radiation-induced brain injury (RIBI) based on the stasis-heat theory. It is believed that radiation fire-toxin is the initiating pathogenic factor of RIBI, a
nd the core pathogenesis consists of the intermingling of stasis and heat, obstruction of collaterals by wind-phlegm, dual deficiency of
qi
and
yin
, as well as impairment of essence and depletion of marrow. In the early stage, the disease is mainly manifested as stasis-heat with fluid retention and obstruction of collaterals by wind-phlegm, with the lesion located in the brain collaterals. The therapeutic principle is to cool the blood and dissipate stasis, extinguish wind and unblock collaterals, and simultaneously eliminate phlegm and promote urination, according to which self-designed
Liangxue Tongluo Formula
(凉血通络方) is selected for treatment.In the middle stage, the key pathological features are the binding of phlegm, stasis and heat, and consumption of kidney essence, with the lesion invading the kidney essence. The therapeutic principle is to resolve phlegm and remove stasis, clear and relieve latent heat, replenish essence and tonify marrow, and the self-designed
Qinghua Tianjing Formula
(清化填精方) is selected for treatment. In the advanced stage, the disease is mostly manifested as dual deficiency of
qi
and
yin
and toxin-induced marrow exhaustion, with the lesion involving the brain marrow. The therapeutic principle is to replenish
qi
and nourish
yin
, remove toxin and tonify marrow, and the self-designed
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