Discussing the pathogenesis and treatment of varicocele based on the essence chamber collaterals
10.3969/j.issn.1006-2157.2025.02.012
- VernacularTitle:从精室络脉探讨精索静脉曲张的病机及辨治
- Author:
Anmin WANG
1
;
Dongyue MA
1
;
Ziwei ZHAO
1
;
Hao WANG
1
;
Hongyuan CHANG
1
;
Dicheng LUO
1
;
Fu WANG
1
Author Information
1. Department of Andrology, Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
essence chamber collaterals;
varicocele;
qi collaterals;
blood collaterals
- From:
Journal of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2025;48(2):229-234
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Varicocele is a common disease of the male reproductive system, and the pampiniform plexus in the spermatic cord manifests abnormal dilatation, extension, and circuity, which is a vasculopathy. In this article, we believe that the relevance of the essence chamber collaterals to the spermatic vein in terms of anatomical morphology and physiological function is high and that when pathogenic qi invades the essence chamber, the qi and collaterals of the essence chamber are out of harmony, the fluid collaterals are impassable, and the blood collaterals are obstrcuted, and the essence chamber collaterals are blockaded with several pathological products, and even intermingled phlegm and blood stasis in the blood collaterals and form vascular clusters, resulting in the formation and development of varicocele. Based on this, this article proposes the core treatment principle of healing, harmonizing, activating, and dredging the collaterals, with the basic treatment method of nourishing qi and harmonizing collaterals, activating blood collaterals, and dredging blood stasis to, respectively treat degree Ⅰ, Ⅱ, and Ⅲ varicocele, aiming to prevent the change of the varicocele, dredge the curvature of the varicocele, and dissipate the knots of the varicocele. The proposal of essence chamber collaterals is of great significance to understanding the common law and pathological aspects of the occurrence and development of essence collateral and vascular lesions from the perspective of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine.
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