Differential diagnosis of colon polyps in Chinese medicine

Colon polyps, which actually did not have this diagnostic name in Chinese medicine in the past, are now also examined with colonoscopy in Chinese medicine as endoscopy has become more popular. Chinese medicine now refers to colon polyps and rectal polyps as colorectal polyps. Patients with colorectal polyps present differently. Some show abdominal pain, some show diarrhea. In addition, from the type of evidence, Chinese medicine can do to identify, Chinese medicine is now divided into four types of colorectal polyps, such as dampness and stasis blockage, intestinal dampness and heat, qi stagnation and blood stasis, qi deficiency and blood stasis. If the patient manifests abdominal pain, abdominal distension, loose stools, and has a white, thick and greasy tongue, Chinese medicine is considered to belong to the damp stasis obstruction, if the patient manifests abdominal distension, abdominal pain, or diarrhea, stools are yellowish and smelly, and the tongue is yellowish and greasy, it can be considered to be the large intestinal dampness-heat. If the patient manifests abdominal distension, abdominal pain, refusal to be pressed, white and thick tongue coating, dark tongue, this can be diagnosed as Qi stagnation and blood stasis. If the patient presents with abdominal distension, pain, refusal to be pressed, and has a purplish tongue, this can be diagnosed as Qi stagnation and Blood stasis. If the patient, in addition to abdominal pain, has a deficiency of qi, the patient has shortness of breath, laziness, loss of appetite, it can be recognized as qi deficiency and blood stasis, the differential diagnosis of TCM also reflects the idea of different treatment for the same disease in TCM.