Abstract:Plasma cell mastitis is a chronic inflammatory disease that occurs in women of childbearing age during the non-lactation period, it has the characteristics of sudden onset, diverse condition, and prolonged course. It can also occur during pregnancy. At present, there are few relevant reports, considering the influence of oral drugs and the limited effectiveness of antibiotics, the selection and effectiveness of its treatment are difficult nowadays. For the treatment of plasma cell mastitis during pregnancy, Professor Zhang Xiaojun has rich clinical experience. Using simple external application of traditional Chinese medicine, he created Wentong Xiaoxing Prescription, which directly acts on breast lesions, is simple, safe, and effective. Clinical treatment with local signs and the evolution of the course of disease as the starting point, focusing on the nature of the disease of “root causes feeble but symptoms critical”, specializing in the pathological factors of “phlegm coagulation, blood stasis”, staging syndrome differentiation, accurate treatment, the concept of “warming yang, and ooze pathogenic factor” throughout the treatment. The prescription mainly uses the products of warming yang to dissipate cold, freeing the network vessels, and combines with the herbs of disspating heat, dissolving nodes, thereby helping yang to detoxify, supporting vital qi to get rid of evil, and thus the sore can be healed and the mammary duct can be dredged. At the end of this article, a case is attached to corroborate.
刘谦 张晓军. 张晓军教授中药外敷治疗孕期浆细胞性乳腺炎经验[J]. 中国医药导报, 2023, 20(31): 146-149.
LIU Qian ZHANG Xiaojun. Professor Zhang Xiaojun’s experience in treating plasma cell mastitis during pregnancy by external application of traditional Chinese medicine. 中国医药导报, 2023, 20(31): 146-149.