| Herpes zoster is a common skin disease. One of its clinical features is neuralgia pain. Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) can persist several months or even several years. Studying the pathology and physiology mechanism of PHN has become one of the focuses in medical science field. Eliminating pain as quickly as possible is difficult. The author reviews related documents of TCM and present Western medicine on discussion and treatment of PHN in the past ten years. Sum up and inquire into from the definition, etiology, pathogenesis, treatment and prophylaxis. And view shows the latest related literature and discusses shortcomings and research tendency. Aim to protrude the superiority of TCM. This article would find the regularity of treatment based on differentiation and profit for the popularization exchange further.Adviser ZhangYi sums up original view of prevention and therapies about PHN in longtime clinical practice. His proved recipe for PHN is based on mastering of its etiological factors and pathogenesis, combining with present pharmacology research. After many years observation, it is definitely effective. And it is used to animal experiment now. That will make up the shortcoming of TCM in the field of animal erperiment about PHN. |
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