TCM vs Western medicine? Against chronic liver disease Insisting on the combination of Western medicine and Chinese medicine to identify the disease and give full play to the respective advantages of Chinese medicine and modern medicine, we have rich clinical experience in combining Chinese and Western medicine to treat various acute and chronic hepatitis, (non-)alcoholic liver disease, autoimmune liver disease, cirrhosis and even intractable ascites, refractory jaundice, various types of liver failure, primary liver cancer, etc. Viral hepatitis is a highly infectious disease with complex transmission routes, widespread prevalence and high incidence. However, it is actually a self-limiting disease; most patients with acute hepatitis recover; only about 10% of patients may become chronic. Prospective studies have shown that the estimated annual incidence of chronic hepatitis B progressing to cirrhosis is 2.1%. Another study of HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B patients followed for an average of 9 years (1-18.4 years) showed a 23% incidence of progression to cirrhosis. What is liver fibrosis? It is a reversible pathological change that results in structural or functional abnormalities of the liver due to excessive proliferation and abnormal deposition of ECM components in the liver tissue. In the treatment of chronic liver disease, the prevention and treatment of liver fibrosis is essential. ”There are many common causes of liver fibrosis, which we can call “external evil”, including viral hepatitis (B, C, D), schistosomiasis, fatty liver (non-alcoholic/alcoholic), cholestatic (including primary cholestatic liver fibrosis), and liver fibrosis. This includes primary cholestatic liver fibrosis – chronic intrahepatic stasis and secondary cholestatic liver fibrosis – chronic extrahepatic obstruction), cardiogenic liver fibrosis (caused by chronic congestive cardiac insufficiency due to various cardiac and vascular pathologies), and congenital liver fibrosis (autosomal recessive genetic disease). In terms of prevention, the following four points should be followed: 1. For the general population, it is necessary to strengthen health examinations and health education, popularize preventive knowledge and vaccination against hepatitis B to prevent viral infection. 2, reasonable diet and living. The “Suwen – Shanggu Tianzhen” said: “Eat and drink in moderation, living in a regular manner, not delusional labor, so that the form and the gods, and the end of its natural life, degree of 100 years is gone.” 3, the right amount of exercise. Try “five birds play”, that is, imitate the posture of the five animals: the upper limbs Mew puff, stretch the neck, lying down prostrate, toes jumping, wings flying and other movements of exercise to promote physical strength. 4, nourish the spirit. Anger hurts the liver, happy sad, think hurt the spleen, sad lungs, fear of kidney; quiet thoughts, not only to prevent internal disease causing stimulation of the seven emotions, but also to make the muscle coup skin surface have the ability to resist external evil.