XU Li, LIU Ruoyi, XUE Xiaoou. Treatment of vulvar lichenoid diseases based on "harmonization of physique and spirit, and combined treatment of internal and external"[J]. Journal of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2023, 46(6): 864-868.
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XU Li, LIU Ruoyi, XUE Xiaoou. Treatment of vulvar lichenoid diseases based on "harmonization of physique and spirit, and combined treatment of internal and external"[J]. Journal of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2023, 46(6): 864-868.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-2157.2023.06.019.
Treatment of vulvar lichenoid diseases based on "harmonization of physique and spirit, and combined treatment of internal and external"
Vulvar lichenoid diseases include vulva pruritus and vulva erosion in traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)
and they are mainly manifested as chronic vulva pruritus or even pain. The patient’s physical symptoms are often accompanied by abnormal psychological states
such as anxiety and depression. There is a vicious cycle between pruritus
scratching
and pressure
and it is a typical physical and mental disease with internal and external comorbidities. In terms of treatment
only by breaking this cycle can there be a better clinical effect. The theory of unity of physique and spirit was first seen in the
Huangdi Neijing
which is of great significance in the treatment. "physique" is the body
while "spirit" is the mind. During the occurrence and development of this disease
"physique damage" refers to physical symptoms such as itching
and "spirit injury" refers to an abnormal mental state
such as anxiety and depression. Because of mutual cause and effect
physique damage and spirit injury become aggravated in the cycle stage. Therefore
for the treatment of physique and spirit disease
we should focus on the harmony of physique and spirit. This disease is internally caused by the dysfunction of zangfu organs and externally by local skin lesions
and therefore
there should be a combination of internal and external treatments. External washing with TCM medicinals relieves local itching symptoms to cure the physique
combined with oral treatment with a syndrome differentiation of TCM to regulate the spirit
which treats both the symptoms and the root cause of the disease. This is supplemented by traditional Chinese emotional therapy and life conditioning. Only by adjusting the physique to nourish the spirit and adjusting the spirit to guard the physique are the symptoms of the disease effectively alleviated. Finally
the state of maintaining the spirit and physique in full condition is achieved
which provides a new clinical approach for the diagnosis and treatment of vulvar lichenoid diseases.
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