The Prevention and Treatment of Pulmonary Nodules “Nodule-cancer Transformation” Based on the View of “Disease with Latent Pathogen Induced by a New Pathogen”
10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2024.01.008
- VernacularTitle:基于“因加而发”探讨肺结节“结癌转化”的防治
- Author:
Yi LIU
1
;
Chuchu ZHANG
2
;
Bingyi YIN
1
;
Qiyuan MAO
1
;
Qianwen CHENG
3
;
Ruijuan CAI
1
;
Hongsheng LIN
1
Author Information
1. Guang'anmen Hospital， China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences， Beijing， 100032
2. Institute of Information on Traditional Chinese Medicine， China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
3. Zhenren Hospital， Xicheng District， Beijing
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
pulmonary nodules;
treating disease before its onset;
nodule-cancer transformation;
disease with latent pathogen induced by a new pathogen
- From:
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2024;65(1):39-43
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
As one of the pathogenic mechanisms contained in The Inner Canon of Yellow Emperor （《黄帝内经》）， “disease with latent pathogen induced by a new pathogen” means that the induced new pathogen resulted to a combination of the latent previous pathogen and the new pathogen， which caused the disease. Based on this， it is believed that the change of “nodule-cancer transformation” of pulmonary nodules is actually based on the deficiency of original qi， and the new pathogen induces the latent pathogens like phlegm coagulation， qi stagnation， blood stasis， toxicity， so healthy qi can not drive the pathogens out， and the long-time detention generated into cancerous turbidity， and deve-loped into cancerous tumour at the end. Therefore， based on the three-stage treatment of unformed cancer， dense cancerous toxin， and developed cancer， the clinical practice applied six methods of clearing， expelling， dissipating， tonifying， harmonizing， and transforming， taking into account both the manifestation and root cause， moving the treatment window of pulmonary nodules forward， attacking the pathogens when the toxin was not yet overbearing， supporting the healthy qi before declining， delaying the process of nodules-cancer transformation， and providing ideas for the prevention and treatment of pulmonary nodules “nodule-cancer transformation” in traditional Chinese medicine.
