Differentiation Diagnosis and Treatment of Functional Constipation of Children Based on Theory of Qi Ascending and Descending / 中国中医药信息杂志

ABSTRACT

The main pathogenesis of functional constipation in children is the disturbance of large intestine conduction function, so the treatment of lubricating bowel and purging stool, dispersing food and abducting stagnation, nourishing blood and enriching yin is used in clinic. According to the characteristics of the physiopathologic of children, based on the clinical practice, this article believed that the occurrence of this disease was closely related to the ascending the clear of the spleen, the descending turbidity of the stomach, the dispersion of the lung and the catharsis of the liver. The root of pathogenesis is disturbance in ascending and descending of the functional activities of qi, so it is effective to treat the disease with the theory of qi ascending and descending.