CHEN Bo-Lai's Experience in Treating Low Back Pain of Kidney Deficiency and Phlegm Obstruction Type Based on the Theory of Kidney Being the Root of Phlegm
10.13359/j.cnki.gzxbtcm.2024.06.036
- VernacularTitle:陈博来基于"肾为生痰之本"辨治肾虚痰阻型腰痛
- Author:
Wen-Xi SUN
1
;
Qi PENG
;
Yu-Fu HUANG
;
Jiang-Nan YE
;
Hong-Mei LI
;
Yong-Peng LIN
;
Hong-Shen WANG
;
Bo-Lai CHEN
Author Information
1. 广州中医药大学,广东广州 510405
- Keywords:
low back pain;
kidney deficiency and phlegm obstruction;
kidney being the root of phlegm;
tonifying kidney and eliminating phlegm;
Litan Decoction;
CHEN Bo-Lai
- From:
Journal of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2024;41(6):1616-1620
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The kidney governs water and is the congenital foundation.The kidney plays an important role in the transportation and distribution of body fluid,has the interior-exterior relationship with the waterffu-organ bladder,and has the meridian connection with the stomach,the reservoir of water and food,through the thoroughfare vessel.Therefore,the kidney plays a key role in the formation of phlegm.Professor CHEN Bo-Lai believes that low back pain of kidney deficiency and phlegm obstruction type is characterized by deficiency in the origin and excess in the superficiality.Excess in the superficiality is manifested as phlegm obstruction,and deficiency in the origin is manifested as kidney deficiency.Clinically,the patients with low back pain of kidney deficiency and phlegm obstruction type mainly have the manifestations of lumbosacral dull pain and fixed pain,stiffness in the waist,limb numbness or hemiplegia,accompanied by soreness and weakness of waist and knees,and preference for pressing and kneading.The treatment of low back pain of kidney deficiency and phlegm obstruction type can be based on theory of kidney being the root of phlegm,follows the therapy of tonifying kidney and eliminating phlegm,and can be performed by the modified use of basic prescription of Litan Decoction(mainly composed of Euryales Semen,Pinelliae Rhizoma,Sesami Semen Nigrum,Platycladi Semen,Paeoniae Radix Alba,Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium and Poria)together with the assistance of herbs for strengthening spleen and dispersing lung based on the differentiation of the complicated symptoms.The thoughts of Professor CHEN Bo-Lai for the differentiation and treatment of low back pain of kidney deficiency and phlegm obstruction type can be used as a reference for the treatment of low back pain with Chinese medicine.
