Professor Jiang Shumin 's Experience In Treating Cardia Relaxation

Achalasia is an primary esophageal motility obstacle of unknown cause, which is mainly due to the esophageal pathological changes of nerve fibers and smooth muscles. Incidence of achalasia is about 1~1.2 per 100,000 people. There is no specially effective drug treatment of this disease, the main treatment options include endoscopic therapy and minimally procedures to relieve tension of cardia.But the short-term effect is also acceptable, long-term efficacy remains to be seen,and more complications, such as bleeding, perforation, gastroesophageal reflux, pain, etc.This disease is complicated with esophageal cancer, inhalation pneumonia disease,there may be extreme weight loss or even cachexia in the late stage of ACChinese medicine believes achalasia belongs to the category of "dysphagia", and has a unique understanding and awareness of achalasia, on the basis of syndrome differentiation and treatment, uses decoction, acupuncture, acupoint application, massage and other treatments, or while using a variety of treatment methods, could achieve good therapeutic effect, there are certain advantages compared with western medicine.Professor JiangShuMin learned from Professor LiYuQi and ZhouXueWen,he has engaged in treatment of digestive diseases and TCM acute diseases for more than thirty years.Professor Jiang believes that this disease is the actual situation mixture of certificate, excess syndrome includes phlegmatic hygrosis, qi stagnation, blood stasis, food retention,wind evil, deficiency syndrome is mainly to weakness of the spleen and the stomach including five internal organs. According to the treatment, Professor Jiang takes “reinforcing the deficiency and reducing the excess” as the basic principle, he is especially focused on regulation of patients with emotion-though and psychology, has afforded good clinical result.