ملخص
Lymphedema belongs to the category of "foot wind" and "elephantiasis" in traditional Chinese medicine, which is mostly dampness and evil stasis in the initial stage, qi stagnation and blood stasis for a long time, followed by phlegm and dampness accumulation. Xuanfu and collaterals, as the microstructure of running qi, blood, and body fluid described in traditional Chinese medicine, are widely involved in the pathological process of lymphedema, such as the obstruction of qi, stagnation of qi, mutual knot of phlegm and blood stasis, and fire and heat. This process is consistent with the process of lymphedema described in Western medicine, that is, lymphatic reflux disturbance, inflammatory reaction, fat hyperplasia, and interstitial fibrosis. Lymphedema is difficult to heal, this paper aims to combine the microstructure of Xuanfu-collaterals with the overall concept of traditional Chinese medicine to treat lymphedema from the perspective of opening Xuanfu and dredging collaterals, and this work will serve to provide a new direction for the treatment of lymphedema in traditional Chinese medicine.
مفهوم
lymphedema;Xuanfu;Collaterals;etiology;pathogenesis;opening Xuanfu and dredging collaterals