Analysis on the Abdominal Examination of General Treatise on the Cause and Symptoms of Diseases
10.16466/j.issn1005-5509.2024.09.018
- VernacularTitle:《诸病源候论》腹诊探析
- Author:
Dandan YU
1
,
2
;
Jingbo PEI
Author Information
1. 浙江中医药大学附属江南医院 杭州 311201
2. 浙江中医药大学第三临床医学院
- Keywords:
General Treatise on the Cause and Symptoms of Diseases;
abdominal examination;
diagnostic method;
manipulation;
diagnostics of Chinese medicine;
textual study;
theoretical research;
tracing the historical source
- From:
Journal of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University
2024;48(9):1168-1172
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
[Objective]To explore the academic characteristics of abdominal diagnosis in General Treatise on the Cause and Symptoms of Diseases.[Methods]Through screening and sorting out the provisions on abdominal diagnosis in General Treatise on the Cause and Symptoms of Diseases,combined with the research achievements of doctors in the past dynasties,this paper reviews the development process of abdominal diagnosis from four aspects:historical tracing,abdominal diagnosis techniques,diagnostic points and modern development,analyzes the specific techniques of abdominal diagnosis,explores the key points of abdominal diagnosis and identification,and summarizes the new progress of modern medicine in abdominal diagnosis in General Treatise on the Cause and Symptoms of Diseases.[Results]From the beginning of"The Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic"to the differentiation period of"Treatise on Febrile Diseases",the abdominal diagnosis techniques were mainly used to press and buckle for a long time,and it was not until the Sui Dynasty that abdominal diagnosis techniques entered a new stage of development.In terms of techniques,General Treatise on the Cause and Symptoms of Diseases innovated the abdominal diagnosis techniques such as suppressing,cutting,pushing,speculating,shaking and rotating,and elaborated its movement essentials and characteristics in detail.In terms of diagnosis and treatment,General Treatise on the Cause and Symptoms of Diseases described the key points of diagnosis such as abdominal strength,abdominal warmth,irritability,palpitation,pain,mass,etc.,which had important guiding significance for mastering the etiology and pathogenesis,judging the disease's deficiency and excess,cold and hot,prognosis.Modern scholars based on the methods of abdominal diagnosis of various diseases,combined with clinical experience,expanded the scope of abdominal diagnosis and treatment,and obtained considerable curative effect in the process of disease diagnosis and treatment.[Conclusion]General Treatise on the Cause and Symptoms of Diseases not only innovates the technique of abdominal diagnosis,but also describes the main points of abdominal diagnosis in detail,and extends abdominal diagnosis to many departments of internal medicine,surgery,obstetrics and gynecology,and pediatrics which has important academic value.
