Experience of XU Xin in Treating Polycystic Ovary Syndrome with Insulin Resistance Based on "Boost Kidney to Dispel the Turbid" Method
10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2025.02.004
- VernacularTitle:许昕基于益肾祛浊法辨治多囊卵巢综合征合并胰岛素抵抗经验
- Author:
Jingqiao LIANG
1
;
Chengyu JI
2
;
Bo LI
1
;
1
Author Information
1. Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Capital Medical University,Beijing,100010
2. Beijing Haidian Hospital
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
polycystic ovary syndrome;
insulin resistance;
qi deficiency of the spleen and kidney;
phlegm dampness and turbid heat accumulated in yangming;
experience of famous doctor;
XU Xin
- From:
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2025;66(2):123-127
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
To summarize the clinical experience and characteristics of Professor XU Xin in syndrome differentiation and treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome with insulin resistance (PCOS-IR). XU Xin believes that the etiological factors of PCOS-IR is qi deficiency of the spleen and kidney, and the key disease mechanism is dysfunction in transportation and transformation of spleen and kidney, causing phlegm dampness and turbid heat accumulated in yangming, then evolving into the lower jiao, mixed with blood stasis, finally obstructing the chong (冲) and ren (任) mai and uterus. So in clinic, the method of boosting the kidney and fortifying the spleen was used through out the whole treatment commonly using modified Shoutai Pill (寿胎丸) and Sijunzi Decoction (四君子汤). The main therapeutic method for treating PCOS-IR refers to clearing and draining dampness heat in yangming, invigorating blood and regulating period, with self-prescribed Yishen Quzhuo Formula (益肾祛浊方), as a reference for the treatment of this disease.