Traditional Medicine and Modern Medicine (Jan 2024)
Treating dysmenorrhea of endometriosis by conghua tanxiao therapy
Abstract
There is no description of endometriosis in traditional medicine, but the symptoms of dysmenorrhea caused by this disease and its related etiology and pathogenesis are discussed in detail. Stagnation of phlegm and blood stasis is a common clinical cause, which is mostly caused by improper diet, emotional disorder, bad living habits such as staying up late, sitting for a long time, lack of exercise, invasion of external evils such as wind, cold and dampness into the human body, physical weakness, spleen loss of health and other visceral dysfunction. This paper introduces Prof. Wang Ling’s experience in treating endometriosis dysmenorrhea from “syndrome accumulation caused by phlegm and blood stasis”. Professor Wang Ling believes that the pathogenesis of dysmenorrhea due to endometriosis is “phlegm and blood stasis stagnate, but not be accumulated”, and “those with excess blood should be determined”. Adhering to the training of “those who are good at treating gynecological diseases, regulate their qi and break their blood, eliminate their food and eliminate their phlegm”, he puts forward the treatment of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, resolving phlegm and eliminating symptoms, and one of them cannot be neglected. A case is attached.
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