Ancient and modern research of dampness and asthma in children
BIAN Anzheng1 ZHANG Guiju2
1.College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong Province, Ji′nan 250355, China;
2.Department of Pediatrics, Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong Province, Ji′nan 250011, China
Abstract:Based on the analysis of relevant ancient literatures, this paper mainly summarizes the mechanism of dampness in the pathogenesis of pediatric asthma, and the ancient and modern treatment characteristics for asthma based on dampness. Exogenous dampness evil is one of the important causes of pediatric asthma. Based on the physiological characteristics of lung, spleen and kidney insufficiency in children, exogenous dampness evil is easy to cause phlegm turbidity, qi deficiency, yin deficiency, phlegm-stasis, and so on. Pathological products such as phlegm-stasis can further inhibition qi activity and the process of body fluid metabolism, which will aggravating the clinical seizures of asthma. According the nature of dampness and physiological characteristics of children, we commonly used the medicine with curative effective of resolving phlegm, relieving cough, removing dampness, invigorating spleen, benefiting lung, and tonifying kidney, which can achieve treating both root causes and symptoms.
边安政1 张桂菊2. 小儿哮喘湿邪辨治古今探微[J]. 中国医药导报, 2020, 17(1): 134-137.
BIAN Anzheng1 ZHANG Guiju2. Ancient and modern research of dampness and asthma in children. 中国医药导报, 2020, 17(1): 134-137.