YAN Xiaoping's Clinical Experience in Differentiating and Treating Enthesitis-Related Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis with the "Two Stages and Three Syndromes" Approach
LI Jin,KONG Weiping.YAN Xiaoping's Clinical Experience in Differentiating and Treating Enthesitis-Related Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis with the "Two Stages and Three Syndromes" Approach[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2025,66(09):890-894.
LI Jin,KONG Weiping.YAN Xiaoping's Clinical Experience in Differentiating and Treating Enthesitis-Related Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis with the "Two Stages and Three Syndromes" Approach[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2025,66(09):890-894.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2025.09.004.
This article summarized Professor YAN Xiaoping's clinical experience in treating enthesitis-related juvenile idiopathic arthritis (ERA). The core pathogenesis of ERA is identified as kidney deficiency with pathogenic invasion, for which the basic treatment principle is tonifying the kidney and eliminating the pathogen. ERA is classified into "two stages and three syndromes" for differentiation and treatment. In the acute stage, the pathogenesis is primarily kidney deficiency with pathogen excess; for heat syndrome, it is suggested to tonify the kidneys and clear heat, using a self-made
Bushen Qingre Lijie Decoction
(补肾清热利节汤); for cold syndrome, the treatment is to tonify the kidneys and expel cold, using a self-made
Bushen Qyuhan Lijie Decoction
(补肾祛寒利节汤). In the remission stage, the pathogenesis is primarily spleen and kidney deficiency, and the basic treatment principle is to tonify the kidneys and fortify the spleen, and strengthen bones and muscles, for which self-made
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