Volume 1,Issue 2
Treating Chronic Hypertrophic Pharyngitis from the Perspective of “Spleen-Stomach Heat Accumulation-Phlegm-Blood Stasis Intermingling”
Objective: To summarize Professor Deng Chengcheng, a renowned Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) physician in Jiangxi Province, experience in treating chronic hypertrophic pharyngitis (CHP) by addressing both the root cause and the symptoms (Biao Ben Tong Zhi) from the perspective of “Spleen-Stomach Heat Accumulation and Phlegm-Blood Stasis Intermingling.” Methods: Proposed the core pathogenesis of “Spleen-Stomach Heat Accumulation being the initiating cause, Phlegm-Blood Stasis Intermingling being the pathological outcome”, and established a stage-based treatment system: Acute stage/ Spleen-Stomach Heat Accumulation: Clearing Stomach and Purging Heat; Protracted stage/Phlegm-Blood Stasis Intermingling: Dispersing Masses and Breaking Stasis; Remission stage/Spleen Deficiency with Lingering Stasis: Fortifying the Spleen and Consolidating the Root. Results: This protocol, by clearing the Spleen-Stomach to cut off the heat source and breaking phlegm-stasis to eliminate the pathological form and substance, combined with strict dietary management, significantly improved pharyngeal hyperplastic lesions. Conclusion: The system of “Regulating Spleen-Stomach-Dispelling Phlegm-Stasis-Emphasizing Dietary Restrictions” constructed by Professor Deng Chengcheng, innovatively integrating pathogenesis theory and external treatment techniques, provides an effective solution for the root-and-symptom concurrent treatment (Biao Ben Tong Zhi) of CHP.
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