XING Yurui. Discussing on the Concept of Turbidity-toxin in Chinese Medicine[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2017, 58(14): 1171-1174.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2017.14.001.
The author analyzes many problems in concept definition and expression of turbidity-toxin by reviewing modern researches related to turbidity-toxin theory systematically. Based on clarifying the relationship among the concepts of turbidity-pathogen
toxin-pathogen and turbidity-toxin
the author puts forward that turbidity-toxin proposed by modern scholars refers to toxin-pathogen with the characteristics of dirty
viscous and sticking
which is the result of classifying the generic concept of toxin-pathogen. Combined with the understanding of modern medicine
the extension of the turbidity-toxin could include fat-toxin
sugar-toxin
protein-toxin
trace element-toxin
uric acid-toxin
etc. Longtime accumulation of turbidity-pathogen in body could transform into turbidity-toxin. Turbidity-toxin
phlegm-fluid retention and blood stasis are all causes of pathological products. These three causes could intermingle mutually