JIANG Deyou1 DUAN Fangfang2 JIANG Xicheng1 LI Wenhao1 WANG Youpeng3#br#
1.College of Basic Medicine, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Heilongjiang Province, Harbin 150040, China;
2.Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine Internal Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Heilongjiang Province, Harbin 150040, China;
3.Department of Pediatrics, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Heilongjiang Province, Harbin 150040, China
Abstract:Fetal jaundice, as the most common clinical problem in the neonatal period, is mostly self-healing. However, its critical illness is life-threatening, so its prevention and treatment has been a research priority in the field of medicine. Fetal jaundice is first documented in General Treatise on Causes and Manifestations of All Diseases writed by Chao Yuanfang in Sui dynasty. Younger generation doctor summarizes that the pathological changes of the viscera are in the liver, gallbladder, spleen and stomach, and the etiology and pathogenesis include heat-dampness in pregnancy, cold-dampness encumbering spleen, liver depression and blood stasis, bile efflux, and so on. From Song dynasty to Qing dynasty, successive physicians’ perceptions of this disease has been improved, and multiple methods of diagnosis has been proposed, based on the principle of removing dampness and eliminating jaundice, such as methods of clearing heat, removing dampness and eliminating jaundice, methods of warming the middle, removing dampness and eliminating jaundice, methods of resolving stasis, dispersing accumulation and eliminating jaundice, etc. Traditional Chinese medicine has rich experience in differentiation and treatment of this disease. Considering all together, this article collates and examines accounts of relevant discourses of fetal jaundice in successive generations crucial medical books.