Study On Clinical Experience Of Professor Duan Fujin Applying The Method Of Soothing The Liver To Treat Internal Diseases

Taking therapeutic method of soothing the liver as the hitting-point, this clinical retrospective study was conducted to summarize and analyze therapeutic methods of internal medicine diseases from the approach of treating liver based on syndrome differentiation which was applied by the famous TCM physician Professor Duan Fujin in clinical practice, which was under the guidance of theories of traditional Chinese medicine and by performing methods of observation, comparison and mathematical statistics analysis in turn, aiming at inheriting his academic thoughts comprehensively and providing guidance for future clinical practice.First of all, literature about the method of soothing the liver was summed up to discuss different point-views of the liver and related treatment methods of physicians and medical works in different periods. Based on these ancient literature and theoretical framework of zangxiang theory of TCM, theoretical basis of soothing the liver was settled and combined with modern clinical research progress to provide theoretical basis for sorting and summarizing regularity of syndrome differentiation and treatment of Professor Duan Fujin applying the method of soothing the liver to treat internal diseases.A total of 207 prescriptions out of typical cases containing herbs and herb pair for soothing the liver were retrospectively analyzed, based on compatibility law of making prescriptions and combined with syndromes, to classify different methods of soothing the liver and clinical indications, which was to explore diagnosis and treatment ideas and medication features of Professor Duan Fujin applying the method of soothing the liver to treat internal diseases:1. Professor Duan Fujin advocated treating internal diseases from the approach of treating liver based on syndrome differentiation in clinical practice, especially in soothing the liver.2. At the same time, he emphasized that syndrome differentiation was characterized by making prescriptions according to methods, therefore, methods of soothing the liver can be divided into six distinct methods including the method of soothing the liver for promoting flow of qi, soothing the liver for nourishing blood and soothing the liver for activating blood, soothing the liver for clearing interior heat, soothing the liver for nourishing yin and strengthening the spleen and soothing the liver, respectively.4. His ingenious application of herbs for soothing the liver was intended that herbs attributive to the liver meridian and with pungent in flavor, were usually playing the role of soothing the liver, moreover, applying " the herb for nourishing blood and activating qi simultaneously", qi regulating herbs and herbs for calming endogenous with herbs attributive to the liver meridian would enhance the function of soothing the liver.Clinical experience of Professor Duan Fujin applying the method of soothing the liver to treat internal diseases was summarized in this study, in order to explore laws of making prescriptions and selecting herbs and syndrome differentiation and treatment of prestigious TCM physicians from this perspective of treatment methods and provide references for further inheriting and developing their clinical experience.