Concept of Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment of functional gastrointestinal disease

  Functional gastrointestinal disease is a large group of diseases of the digestive system, the current level of diagnosis and treatment are not very satisfactory, the main reasons are as follows: 1, low popularity Most physicians are trained in the traditional model, the knowledge of this disease group is very limited, more accustomed to the organic disease diagnosis and treatment process.  2, treatment bottlenecks stand out As the awareness of disease damage is further improved, new diagnoses are constantly given, people suddenly find that we face many diagnoses can give very limited help, or even on no!  3.Treatment confusion Because this group of diseases has the characteristics of long-term, recurrent, low lethality, low quality of life, high cost, much anxiety and depression, and miscellaneous performance, most physicians’ treatment is taken to eliminate symptoms, alleviate discomfort, mental comfort, life guidance, etc.  There is no disease concept of functional gastrointestinal disease in TCM, however, all these manifestations belong to the category of spleen and stomach disease in TCM and involve different degrees of impact on the five internal organs. In short, in TCM, the congenital deficiency of the spleen and stomach system is the basis for producing functional gastrointestinal disease!  Since there are differences in the endowment of each person’s five internal organs and six internal organs by nature, this will produce unpredictable and complex functional gastrointestinal diseases under the influence of various injury factors, leading to difficulties in unification of manifestations, signs, diagnosis, treatment and prevention guidance, especially after long-term repeated injuries, which will lead to secondary injuries in nutrition, immunity, metabolism, endocrine, neurology, spirituality, psychology, growth, development, aging, etc. In Chinese medicine, this is the damage to qi and blood, essence, internal organs qi, yin and yang, and yuan qi, which leads to the development of diseases towards complexity.  According to TCM, the treatment of these diseases must follow the principles of restoring normal qi, replenishing qi and blood, and eliminating the imbalance between yin and yang, and the basis of treatment is to fully grasp the guiding principle of “spleen and stomach are the essence of the latter”, to put the reconstruction of spleen and stomach function in the first place, to establish the reconstruction plan and steps, and to seek the patient’s understanding and cooperation, so as to achieve The result will be twice as good with half the effort! The Chinese and Western physicians who treat these diseases need to fully grasp the characteristics and advantages of the two specialties and use their respective strengths and methods differently.