Discussion on the pathogenesis of pan-vascular diseases based on the theory of"stagnation due to qi deficiency"
10.3969/j.issn.1006-2157.2024.07.015
- VernacularTitle:基于"虚气留滞"理论探讨泛血管疾病的发病机制
- Author:
Sixiang ZHANG
1
;
Zheng LIU
;
Youmin ZHAO
;
Yuhan LI
;
Yixuan LI
;
Yingrui WANG
;
Qinyu ZHANG
Author Information
1. 山东中医药大学 济南 250013
- Keywords:
pan-vascular disease;
stagnation due to qi deficiency;
endothelial cells;
immune function;
microinflammatory state
- From:
Journal of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2024;47(7):983-988
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Pan-vascular medicine is an emerging discipline focusing on atherosclerotic diseases,with the concept of multidisciplinary integration,emphasizing on exploring the mechanism of disease development from the whole of the organism's structure and function.At present,the basic mechanism system of pan-vascular diseases has yet to be perfected.The pan-vascular concept is highly compatible with the idea of Chinese medicine that focuses on the overall view.Deficiency of all qi is the root cause of pan-vascular diseases,while phlegm,blood stasis,and water-dampness and other tangible evils stagnate in the veins and channels as the symptoms of the disease,therefore,the disease mechanism can be highly summarized as"stagnation due to qi deficiency".Deficiency leads to the stagnation,blocking the veins and channels,and the deficiency worsens due to the stagnation and then damages the veins and channels,thus,it develops into a disease.Based on the theory of"stagnation due to qi deficiency",this paper takes endothelial cell dysfunction as the entry point of pan-vascular diseases,and considers that low endothelial cell immunity is the initiating factor of pan-vascular diseases,and that the widespread persistence of microinflammatory state is the key pathology to pan-vascular diseases.
