ZHANG Haoyang, PANG Lijian, LIU Chuang, et al. Common Pathogenesis and Treatment of Organ Fibrosis: Based on “Collateral Deficiency and Pathogen Stasis” Theory of Chronic Complex Disease[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2017, 58(18): 1562-1565.
ZHANG Haoyang, PANG Lijian, LIU Chuang, et al. Common Pathogenesis and Treatment of Organ Fibrosis: Based on “Collateral Deficiency and Pathogen Stasis” Theory of Chronic Complex Disease[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2017, 58(18): 1562-1565.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2017.18.009.
This article discusses the Chinese medicine etiology and pathogenesis of organ fibrosis based on the theory of"collateral deficiency and pathogen stasis"of chronic complex disease. It suggests that"Zang-organ collateral deficiency and collateral obstructed by phlegm
stasis and heat toxin"is the common pathogenesis of organ fibrosis from the view of collateral disease. Under the guidance of the core theory of "homeostatic control"in collateral disease and combined with the clinical characteristics of organ fibrosis
this article suggests the therapeutic method in Chinese medicine should be "always supplementing deficiency
treating along with different stages as key
and regulating to achieve harmony"
which providing clinical therapeutic thoughts for organ fibrosis in Chinese medicine.