Professor CHEN Hua's Experience in Treating Children with Recurrent Respiratory Tract Infection Based on"Yin Deficiency,Blood Stasis and Heat Accumulation" / 浙江中医药大学学报

ABSTRACT

[Objective]To summarize Professor CHEN Hua's experience in treating children with recurrent respiratory tract infection(RRTI)based on"Yin deficiency,blood stasis and heat accumulation".[Methods]Through following Professor CHEN's clinical treatment and summarizing the cases information,the clinical experience and prescription characteristics of Professor CHEN in the treatment of children with RRTI were summarized and sorted out through clinical evidence.[Results]Professor CHEN considers that children with RRTI is caused by wind,phlegm,blood stasis and deficiency,and the pathogenesis is deficiency of the lung and spleen,phlegm and blood stasis obstructing venation,extending and not healing,and accumulation of blood stasis and heat.He puts forward the differentiation and treatment of RRTI from Yin deficiency,blood stasis and heat accumulation,and summarizes the diagnosis and treatment experience of paying attention to wind evil,dispelling wind and relieve symptoms;adjusting measures in accordance with three categories,nourishing Yin and clearing blood stasis;detailed differentiation of deficiency and substance,appropriate use of harmonious method;taking care of middle-Jiao and strengthening the spleen and stomach.The case involved a patient with RRTI,which was diagnosed as a condition of Yin deficiency with concurrent phlegm and blood stasis obstruction.Professor CHEN implemented a staged treatment plan,focusing on nourishing Yin,clearing stasis,which spanned the middle and later stages of the disease.During the prolonged stage,the treatment aimed at nourishing Yin and reducing fever,resolving phlegm and dispelling stasis.In the recovery stage,the focus shifted to nourishing Yin and reducing fever,invigorating the spleen and replenishing Qi.The therapeutic effect was significant.[Conclusion]Professor CHEN inherits the characteristics of pediatrics of Zhejiang school of traditional Chinese medicine,distinguishing and treating children with RRTI from"Yin deficiency,blood stasis and heat accumulation",and the curative effect is remarkable,which has high practical value in guiding clinical practice.