Clinical obesrvation on acupuncture treatment for constipation due to intestinal qi stagnation
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Clinical obesrvation on acupuncture treatment for constipation due to intestinal qi stagnation
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J Acupunct Tuina Sci (2016), Xu Ming-hui;He Hai-yan;Gao Rui-rui.
Abstract
It is believed in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) that constipation refers to bowel movements that are difficult or hard to pass due to dysfunction of the transportation of the large intestine. This condition is mostly manifested by coexistence of deficiency and excess, and its pathologic causes mainly include improper food ingestion, emotional disorder, invasion of exogenous pathogens into the stomach, and consitutional insufficiency. In the Criteria of Diagnosis and Therapuetic Effects of Diseases and Syndromes in Traditional Chinese Medicine, this disease is characterized into 5 patterns: excessive intestinal heat, intestinal qi stagnation, spleen qi deficiency, yang deficiency of the spleen and kidney, and intestinal dryness due to yin deficiency. Constipation due to intestinal qi stagnation is more common in clinic. The author treat constipation due to intestinal qi stagnation by acupuncture.
Alternative Title
J Acupunct Tuina Sci
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Date
Date Created
1/1/2017
Language
English|Chinese
Type
Journal Article
issn
1672-3597
issue
6
page end
406
page start
401
volume
14